Mine detail: Bonnybel Mine

Previously called 'Claims: BonnybelChloride'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.1761, -106.8209

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Silver
Gangue:	Barite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Bonnybel Fault, Chloride Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Marblization Of Dolomite Near Porphyry Sheets

References

MRDS	D009427
DEP	10013239
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 151-153, PL. 40.}{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 1387, 3699}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.