Mine detail: Aspen Contact Mine

Previously called 'Claims: TenderfootLast ChanceLast Chance No. 2EurekaMollieRiverLamokinAnnex'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.23527, -106.75812

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Ore: Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1892

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Peerless Formation;Chaffee Formation (Dyer Dolomite Member)
Host type:Quartzite,Dolomite
Associated rock:Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Lenado Fault, Silver Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD009422
DEP10013235
Reference{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 200-201}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3-COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 28, 61 &&}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 111-113. &&}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 5759}{Production:: HEYL (1964), AS COMPILED FROM PRIVATE OWNE* RECORDS}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.