Mine detail: Unnamed Prospect

Previously called 'Courthouse Vein System'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.38836, -104.97611

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D006681
DEP	10011637
Reference	{Deposit:: HILLS, R.C., 1901, DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH PEAKS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 71.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-G.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.