Mine detail: Mercury Mine

Previously called 'Smith Mercury Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.30583, -106.76979

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias
Associated type:	Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift, Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009287
DEP	10013147
Reference	{Deposit:: MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 392}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733}{Deposit:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1962, V. 3, P. 264}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.