Mine detail: Monitor Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.37642, -104.97444

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Huerfano Formation;Cuchara Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated type:Syenite,Diorite
Structure:Raton Basin Trough, La Veta Syncline
Tectonic:Boundary Between Central Platform And Southern Rocky Mtns. Uplift (Central Cordillera)

References

MRDSD006679
DEP10011636
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.