Conejos Claim

Creede, Colorado

37.8658°N 106.9375°W

Mine Overview

The Conejos Claim is near Creede, Colorado. Historically the site has been associated with the Creed Mining District which is now part of the Rio Grande National Forest. The Conejos Claim is a underground mining operation. The ore body extends 0.91 meters (2.99 feet) in width. Associated rock in this area is rhyolite from the Oligocene epoch 33.90 to 23.03 million years ago. The Southern Rocky Mountains physiographic province of the Rocky Mountain System characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

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Gold and Silver Primary Commodity
Copper and Lead Secondary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Mine Development Status^?
Underground Operation Type^?
Ore Mineral In Place Discovery Method^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?
Small Mine Size^?

Conejos Claim Near Creede, Colorado

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Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Conejo Current
Conejos Claim Current

Owner Name and Address

Edmund Richardson

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Gold Metallic Primary
Silver Metallic Primary
Copper Metallic Tertiary
Lead Metallic Tertiary

Location Info

Mineral , Colorado County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Colorado Mineral

Notes

S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24, 000 ). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE WINDY GULCH ON SE SIDE OF BULLDOG MOUNTAIN; INFO FROM LAND. ST : (1976).

Meridian / Township / Range Description

Meridian^? Township^? Section^? Aliquot^?
New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 25 NE
New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 26 NE

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
National Forest -
Private -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Creed Mining District

Workings

TWO TUNNELS, LOWER OF WHICH DRIVEN 70 FEET AT N 15 W.

Geology

FAULT IS PROBABLY RELATED TO BULLDOG MOUNTAIN FAULT ZONE.

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

Role^? Material^?
Gangue/Waste Barite
Gangue/Waste Quartz

Orebody

Characteristics of the ore body.

Width: 0.91 meters (2.99 feet)
Strike: north 7 east
Dip: 78 northwest

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

Class^? 1st Order Name^? 2nd Order Name^? 3rd Order Name^? 4th Order Name^? Most Specific Name^? Begin Time End Time Description^?
Associated Rock Campbell Mountain Member Of Bachelor Mountain Rhyolite Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Felsic Volcanic Rock Rhyolite Rhyolite Oligocene Oligocene -
Host Rock Campbell Mountain Member Of Bachelor Mountain Rhyolite Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Felsic Volcanic Rock Rhyolite Rhyolite - - -
Mineralization - - - - - Miocene Miocene -

Structure

Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or mine.

Scale Description
Local Creede Graben
Regional La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas; San Juan Volcanic Field

Tectonic

Tectonic setting in which the site or deposit is situated.

Setting^?
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Rocky Mountain System Southern Rocky Mountains -

Analytical Data

Results of chemical or mineralogical analysis on materials at or near the site

Line^? Analysis Data^?
1 4 TO 5 OUNCE PER TON SILVER

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Creede (1.20 miles away)
Cathedral (16.65 miles away)
South Fork (21.01 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Creed Mining District (0 miles away)
Bondholder Mining District (6.52 miles away)

Nearby Lands

Rio Grande National Forest (0 miles away)
La Garita Wilderness (3.76 miles away)
Gunnison National Forest (5.98 miles away)

Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

¹ World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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