Mine detail: Durant Mine

Previously called 'ConnamaraPioneerDurant1001MoseMillionaireMillionaire N. S.SteeleBay StateMonongahelaSilver StarStillwellDolly DotKatie FultonLittle MaggieBannerSan JacintoGrand TurkBlack DiamondHard MoneyAuthorityOld SolBrittle SilverExcelsiorClaims: Galena'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.18277, -106.81701

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Limestone, General
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Limestone, Smithsonite, Sphalerite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone (Redcliff And Castle Butte Members);Belden Formation
Host type:	Limestone,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, Aspen Fault, Tourtelotte Park Uplift
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	D009432
DEP	10013243
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 153-155, 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:: HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 61 &&}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS (INCOMPLETE LIST) MS 1402, 1721, 1722, 1741, 1742, 3620, 3643, 3650, 3653, 3663, 3700, 3779, 4088, 4089, 4090, 4265, 4275, 4678, 5613, 6868}{Production:: HEYL (1964), AS COMPILED FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS RECORDS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.