Mine detail: Saints John Mine

Previously called 'FloradoSaint John Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.57027, -105.87838

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSD002830
DEP10009708
Reference{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P.}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, 319 P.}{Deposit:: CONSERVATION DIVISION COMP. DATE, 8, 65.}{Deposit:: BROWN, S.D., 1990, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA XX-90, 50 P.}{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1909, THE MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICT OF SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIRST REPORT, 1908, P. 105-144.}{Deposit:: NEUERBERG, G.J., BOTINELLY, THEODORE, AND ANALYSIS, 1977, SELECTED GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC DATA FOR CHARACTERIZING THE MINERALIZED ROCKS OF THE MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICT, CENTRAL COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 77-425.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.}
ReporterMelton, Greg, Hasler, J. William, Wilson, Anna B.