Mine detail: Whale Mine

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Location: Park County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.52666, -105.85949
dep_id: 10009733
mrds_id: D002885
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
Reporter: Melton, Greg, Hasler, J. William, Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_type: Gneiss,Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P.
  • Deposit:: USGS MAP I-608
  • 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.
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