Mine detail: Aspen Mining and Drainage Tunnel

Previously called 'Claims: Aspen Mountain Tunnel Lode No. 1CopperopolisA. M. & D. Tunnel, Copperopolis'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.18832, -106.82756

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belden Formation;Maroon Formation
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Pride Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009424
DEP	10013237
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 166}{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:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 10035, 1759}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.