Rio Grande Lode
Creede, Colorado
37.8725°N 106.9317°W
Mine Overview
The Rio Grande Lode 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 host rock in this area is rhyolite. The Southern Rocky Mountains physiographic province of the Rocky Mountain System characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Silver Metallic Primary
Development
VEIN INTERSECTED 205 FEET NORTH OF FIRST TURN IN NELSON TUNNEL.
Workings
175-FEET-LONG RAISE DRIVEN ON VEIN UP FROM NELSON TUNNEL LEVEL.
Orebody
Characteristics of the ore body.
- Strike: north 53 east
- Dip: 40 southeast
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 Amethyst 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 -
Ore Control
Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.
- Text?
- Fractured Rock Between Amethyst Vein And Ancestral Amethyst Fault
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Exchequer Tunnel
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Nearby Places
- Creede (1.63 miles away)
- Cathedral (16.40 miles away)
- South Fork (21.21 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Creed Mining District (0 miles away)
- Bondholder Mining District (6.08 miles away)
Nearby Lands
- Rio Grande National Forest (0 miles away)
- La Garita Wilderness (3.32 miles away)
- Gunnison National Forest (5.55 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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Notes
S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24, 000 ), MINE OR CLAIM LIES OFF FIRST TURN IN NELSON TUNNEL; INFO FROM LAND. ST : (1976).