| Lat / long: | 37.94584, -105.65002 |
| Primary: | Gold, Copper, Silver |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1937 |
| Host rock: | Metasedimentary Schist;Granodiorite Gneiss |
| Host type: | Schist,Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Lamprophyre |
| Associated type: | Diabase,Hornblendite |
| Structure: | Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Upper Portions Oxidized To Limonite And Copper Carbonates |
| MRDS | D008966 |
| DEP | 10012939 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS FOR 1900, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1913, 1915}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS 1-558}{Deposit:: CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-764}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D., Beach, RIchard A. |