Mine detail: Newman Tunnel

Previously called 'Claims: La SalleDenverHarrisburgBijouKeystoneSt. Paul'

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Location: Pitkin County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.17693, -106.8384
dep_id: 10013383
mrds_id: D009644
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore_ctrl: Bedding Plane Faults; Paleokarst
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Leadville Limestone;Belden Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Aplite Porphyry
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
yr_lst_prd: 1926
disc_yr: 1881
discr: Charles Markell And Others (Claimants)
References:
  • Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31
  • Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.
  • Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1601, 1602, 2047, 4279
  • Production:: COLO, DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
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