Mine detail: Rawley Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.31445, -106.14338

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Jasper, Pitchblende, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite, Uraninite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1882
Last production ended: 1969

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSD009180
DEP10013082
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 MINNING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, P.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL ACCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLO. GEOL.SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 393.}{Production:: PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1902-1930 FROM BURBANK (1932) AS COMPILED FROM USGS, USBM, AND COMPANY RECORDS. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1936-1969 AND ORE GRADES FOR 1916-1969 COMPILED FROM COLO. DIVISION OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPTS.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.