Mine detail: Sweet Home Mine

Previously called 'Sweet Home Lode and Pulaski Lode (Patents 106 and 107)'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.31229, -106.1184

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Gemstone
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Tungsten
Tertiary:	Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
Ore:	Rhodochrosite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Other material:	Apatite
Discovery year:	1876

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1876

Geology

Host type:

Granite,Granitic Gneiss

References

MRDS	D001076
DEP	10008726
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO, P.70.}{Deposit:: Moore, Thomas, and others, 1998, The Sweet Home mine: The Mineralogical Record, v. 29, no. 4, p. 1-153.}{Deposit:: USGS Circular 294, 1953, Results of reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in parts of the Alma District, Park County, Colorado.}{Production:: REF. NO. 3}
Reporter	Minecome , Wilson, Anna B., Elliott, James E., Mosier, Dan