Mine detail: Della S. Mine

Previously called 'Last ChanceClaims: Alma M.AlpineBallaratBushwhackerChatfieldDella S.FossilGeneral JacksonJ. C. JohnsonFossil Fraction'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.19693, -106.80312

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Malachite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
Host type:	Shale,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

References

MRDS	D009637
DEP	10013376
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 189-192}{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 1436, 1462, 3939, 3941, 3944, 4438, 6642, 7910, 6936}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.