Bachelor Mine

Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States

ZincLeadGoldSilver

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Commodities

PrimaryZinc, Lead, Gold, Silver

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeY

Ore controlFractures And Altered Porphyry In And Adjacent To Carson Intrusive Center

Materials

Ore mineralsMarcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite

GangueBarite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockRhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite

Associated rockRhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite · Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows;Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries)

StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

AlterationSilicification

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Identification

Deposit ID10101904

MRDS IDD011579

Alternate namesMaiden Mill Site, MS 14106b, Burrows, MS 14107a, Naomi Mill Site, MS 14107b, Seabord, MS 14695a, Pinnacle, MS 14695a, Pinnacle No. 2, MS 14695a, Naomi, MS 14695a, May Flower, MS 14695a, Red Snapper, MS 14695a, Miners Fate, MS 14695a, Yellow Jacket, MS 14695a, Boxer, MS 14695a, Swail No. 1, MS 14695a, Swail No. 2, MS 14695a, Newton, MS 14695a, Ben Bolt, MS 14695a, Cawnoa, MS 14695a, Pinnacle Mill Site, MS 14695b, Patented Claims: Wedge, MS 14104a, Wedge Mill Site, MS 14104b, Bachelor, MS 14105a, Bachelor Mill Site, MS 14105b, Maiden, MS 14106a

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.86195, -107.3598

References

LARSEN, E.S., 1911, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CARSON CAMP, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 470, P. 30-38.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWEST COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 14104A&B, 14105A&B, 14106A&B, 14107A&B, 14695A&B