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Copper Lode

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087587
MRDS ID D007957
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Lode
Related records 10166588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9334, 37.87418 (WGS84)
Elevation 3124
Relative position 1.45 MILES N13W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 24 NE OF NE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES BETW. JACKPOT TUNNEL AND BACHELOR MINE, 300 FT NW OF COMMODORE 3 ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amethyst Gangue
Barite Gangue
Copper Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wad Gangue

Analytical data

Result 20 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9334, 37.87418
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Local Creede Graben; Amethyst Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N68W
    Dip 75SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Rock Between Amethyst Vein And Ancestral Amethyst Fault

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 222.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN ON VEIN; 40-FT SHAFT SUNK NEAR PORTAL. SAME VEIN IS DEVELOPED ON COMMODORE 3 LEVEL BY COPPER CROSSCUT TUNNEL (200 FT CROSSCUT, 340 FT OF DRIFTS), WHICH WAS DRIVEN GENERALLY WEST FROM A POINT 145 FT INSIDE COMMODORE 3 TUNNEL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D007957
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0080790027

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDE OF VEIN IN TUNNEL. ON COMMODORE 3 LEVEL, SAME VEIN HAS ATTITUDE N70W, 72SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey