Mine detail: Monitor Lode

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Location: Las Animas County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.37642, -104.97444
dep_id: 10011636
mrds_id: D006679
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Radial Dikes And Fractures In Surrounding Metamorphosed Sediments
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Huerfano Formation;Cuchara Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate
arock_type: Syenite,Diorite
Structure: Raton Basin Trough, La Veta Syncline
tectonic: Boundary Between Central Platform And Southern Rocky Mtns. Uplift (Central Cordillera)
References:
  • Deposit:: CARRAWAY, D.S., 1899, REPORT ON THE SPANISH PEAK GROUP OF MINING CLAIMS: COLO. STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 6 P.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-G.
  • Deposit:: HILLS, R.C., 1901, DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH PEAKS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 71.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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