Mine detail: Joe Wheeler Mine

Previously called 'Claim: Golden Wave'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.35195, -106.10199

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Bismuth
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1928

Geology

Host rock:	Rawley Andesite;Bonanza Tuff
Host type:	Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Rawley Andesite;Bonanza Tuff
Associated type:	Latite,Andesite
Structure:	Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Bonanza Caldera
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaolin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.

References

MRDS	D008037
DEP	10012422
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.}{Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.