Colorado · Ouray County
Producer

Revenue-Virginius Mine

Ouray County, Colorado, United States
SilverGoldArsenicZincLeadCopper
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Description

William Feland

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryArsenic
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAnkerite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1876
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10264384
Alternate namesVirginius Mine, Revenue Mine, Revenue Tunnel Group of Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.9739, -107.7494
References
BURBANK,W.S. STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE RED MOUNTAIN, SNEFFELS, AND TELLURIDE DISTRICTS OF THE N JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO. COLORADO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS, VOLUME 14, NO. 5, 1941, 120 PP.RANCHERS EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 1981 ANNUAL REPORT, 1982 ANNUAL REPORT, 1982 10-K REPORT, 1983 ANNUAL REPORTLARSON, ROBERT, PROJECT MANAGER OF REVENUE-VIRGINIUS MINE, RANCHERS EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, FEB. 2, 1984.POINTS,JIM, MANAGER OF FEDERAL RESOURCES CORPORATION, OURAY, COLORADO. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, FEB. 6, 1984.Paulson, Don, 2013, History of the Revenue Mine, Ouray Historical Society; accessed 18-nov-2013 at http://ouraynews.com/index.php/ouray/31-ouray-events/796-history-of-the-revenue-mineColorado Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety, Mining Data: accessed 18-NOV-2013 at http://mining.state.co.us/Reports/MiningData/Pages/SearchByMine.aspxWAR MINERALS REPORT, APRIL 1943, 17 PP.HITE, ALAN G. DEPOSIT SUMMARY REPORT, ZINC, CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO. NOV. 1980, 46 PP. PROPERTY UPDATED JUL 1990.Silver Star Resources, 2013, Company Website, accessed 18-nov-2013 at http://slvrstar.com/Projects.htmlRANCHER'S EXPLOR & DEVEL CORP 1981 ANNUAL REPORT