Cowboy Johnson Adit
Creede, Colorado
37.8894°N 106.9700°W
Mine Overview
The Cowboy Johnson Adit 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 Cowboy Johnson Adit is a underground mining operation. Initial production took place in 1979. 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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Cowboy Johnson Adit Near Creede, Colorado
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Owner Name and Address
Minerals Engineering Company
Colorado- Type
- Operator
Minerals Engineering Company (Meco)
Grand Junction, Colorado- Type
- Operator
Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Lead Metallic Primary
- Silver Metallic Primary
- Copper Metallic Secondary
- Zinc Metallic Secondary
Location Info
- 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 ALONG RAT CREEK LAT-LONG GIVEN IS NW CORNER SECTION 35.; INFO FROM LAND. ST : (1976).
Meridian / Township / Range Description
- Meridian? Township? Section? Aliquot?
- New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 27 NE
- New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 33 -
- New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 33 -
- New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 35 -
- New Mexico Meridian T.42N R.1W Sec. 4 -
Development
APPARENT REFURBISHING OF TUNNEL
Workings
ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH
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 Bachelor Mountain Rhyolite Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Felsic Volcanic Rock Rhyolite Rhyolite Oligocene Oligocene -
- Host Rock 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 Alpha-Corsair Fault Zone; 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 -
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- Silver commodity Site type Mine status
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- Silver commodity Site type Mine status
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- Silver commodity Site type Mine status
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Nearby Mining Districts
- Creed Mining District (0 miles away)
- Bondholder Mining District (4.82 miles away)
Nearby Lands
- Rio Grande National Forest (0 miles away)
- Gunnison National Forest (4.47 miles away)
- La Garita Wilderness (4.47 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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Deposit
EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN AND NOT CONSISTENTLY REPORTED, TUNNEL COULD BE ON EAST SIDE OF RAT CREEK IN NW/4 SECTION 35 OR COULD BE NEAR OR AT CORSAIR MINE IN SECTION 34. ALPHA CORSAIR NOTED AS SYNONYM IN COLO. DIV. MINES FILES BUT REPORTS LOCATION AS 1. 25 MILE UP RAT CREEK, WHICH PLACES IT IN SECTION 27, POSSIBLY AT OLD SUNNYSIDE TUNNEL. MILS CITES LOCATION AS E/2 SECTION 33, BUT THIS IS DOUBTFUL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.