Mine detail: Lamartine Mine

Previously called 'Lamartine Group (R. E. Lee, Chloride, Collateral, St. Louis, Silver Queen, Money Musk, Financier, LaLamartine Shaft Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.73249, -105.61448

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Galena, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:	Gneiss,Migmatite,Pegmatite
Associated type:	Porphyry
Structure:	ore shoots localized at vein intersections and by changes in strike or dip of vein
Alteration processes:	wall rocks are silicified, sericitized, bleached, and pyritized

References

MRDS	D002968
DEP	10009774
Reference	{Deposit:: Harrison, J. E., and Wells, J. D., 1956, Geology and ore deposits of the Freeland-Lamartine district, Clear Creek County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1032-B, pp. 33-127.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: Spurr, J. E., Garrey, G. H., and Ball, S. H., 1908, Economic geology of the Georgetown quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 63, 422 p.}{Deposit:: BLM CONNECTING SHEETS}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11,69}
Reporter	Melton, Greg, Hasler, J. William, Beach, Richard A., Conservation Division Files, Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)