Mine detail: Golden Treasure Tunnel

Previously called 'Nora BDelphosHannahGolden Treasure Mill SiteRaven'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.88696, -105.58947

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934
Last production ended:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Granodiorite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault And Unnamed Branch Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D008981
DEP	10012950
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1935-1938.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATO * REPT.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.