20.66 Acre Lode Mining Claim In Mount White Mining District Chaffee Colorado

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Free eBay listing template designed by dewiso.com<br>Calkins Gem Mine<br>CMC288634<br>20.66 Acre Unpatented Lode Mining Claim on Federal Land in the Mount White Mining District / Chaffee County, Colorado<br>Mount White and Mount Antero are world renowned for gem hunting, they both produce some of the highest concentrations of crystals and minerals in the world. Some of the gems that have been discovered on Mt. White are aquamarine, beryl, calcite, flourite, quartz, and zircon.<br>Mount White and Mount Antero are connected by a broad 12,850’ saddle, as well as a complex network of mining roads.<br>Photos of the claim from below. With this claim you are getting the exclusive mineral rights to 20.66 acres on an amazing spot nearby to a road to work at your own pace. Mt. White is also renowned among those who hike, camp, climb, and off-road enthusiasts.<br>The claim is accessible by ATV / 4WD via road then a hike in.<br>As you head up the mountain the 2WD road becomes a 4WD, especially as you head above cloud level.<br>This region is the highest gem field in the United States and the third highest in the world. The great rewards from this area come with risk, however. Weather in the mountains is tumultuous and the road up the mountain is only available for about four months as the road is typically blocked with snow until the end of June. Make sure to always carry emergency supplies and clothing for cold and wet weather.<br>Photos of the expansive 20.66 acre claim. This mountain is covered in mining claims, and for good reason too.<br>Below are some samples found in the area:<br>Aquamarine                                                    Phenakite crystal cluster<br>Beryl                                                                       Albite<br>Fluorite<br>About the Mining District<br>Mount White Mining District, Chaffee County, CO<br>Geology/History:<br>While Most people were searching for hidden gold and silver, they stumbled across a more precious treasure, Aquamarine. From sea green to sky blue coloring, these stone come from pockets of bubbles in the granite known by scientist as Miarolitic cavitites. other associated minerals include white feldspar, colorless quartz, smokey quartz, fluorite, and more rarely found orange to sherry topaz crystals as well as the beryllium mineral Bertrandite.<br>Lost Canyon in Chaffee County had prospectors reportedly found gold nuggets "the size of eggs" in 1860 and took $60,000 in gold in a few short weeks before winter set in. when they returned the following spring they were unable to locate the rich claim.<br>Among the earliest gold discoveries in the Colorado gold rush were placer deposits discovered in the 1859  at the headwaters of the Arkansas River near Granite. By late 1860 most of the streams had been prospected, and numerous gold placers were reported along the Arkansas River to Buena Vista and beyond. The deposits along the Arkansas River and Cache Creek near Granite probably were the most productive, producing about 49,000 troy ounces of gold.<br>In many Colorado mining districts the easily discovered and worked placers were the first big strikes of typical gold rush. But the free gold supply in stream beds quickly became depleted, and the initial phase was followed by prospecting for veins of lode gold that were the original source of the placer gold. The hills above granite are pockmarked with numerous old mining tunnels from hard rock mining evidence of the second stage of a gold rush cycle. Their neighbors in Leadville went on to discover silver, resulting in a silver rush, but Granite never got that far. In just a few years their ore began to play out, and the town's population, once as high as 7000, began to decline. there are a few old structures and mine tailings remaining in the gulchfrom st. Elmo's busy Mining days.<br>Recreation<br>All visitors and users of the National Forests are subject to general Forest Service Regulations.<br>The forest service publishes rules and guidelines on a variety of subjects, including camping, fires, vehicles, and pets. There are currently no fees required at the main access points to Mount White.<br>( http:www.summitpost.org/mount-white/446757 )<br>Further details<br>This acution is for full/all inrerest in this 20.66 acre lode mining claim. The winner of this auction will receive a notarized quitclai deed to the full claim and all associated documetation showing full ownership of the claim.<br>Maintenance on all BLM mining claims is $155.00, per 20 acre parcel, annually. This must be paid