Mine detail: Silver Plume Claim

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.15779, -106.61117
dep_id: 10013025
mrds_id: D009086
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Conejos Quartz Latite;Piedra Rhyolite
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Conejos Quartz Latite;Piedra Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Cochetopa Dome; Unnamed Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
disc_yr: 1896
discr: Silver Plume Mining And Milling Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY 9711
  • Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE L X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761
  • Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258.
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