Mine detail: Swab Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.54363, -105.52807

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Granodiorite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Ft. Garland Embayment, Sangre De Cristo Frontal Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D006759
DEP	10011674
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 31}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., 1961, USGS BULL. 1114, P. 322-323.}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, USGS PROF. PAPER 138, P. 110}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.