Mine detail: Pocahontas Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.10473, -105.28946

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Thorite, Galena
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones, Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D004924
DEP	10010877
Reference	{Deposit:: MINOBRAS}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GO-596, 1:24,000.}
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.