Mine detail: Late Acquisition Mine

Previously called 'Claims: Late AcquisitionHoskinsIronTraynorMonarch'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.17749, -106.82979

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1881

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone;Manitou Dolomite And Chaffee Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry;Hornblende Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Saddle Rock Fault, Pride Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009638
DEP	10013377
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 161}{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 MS 1484, 1723, 1724, 1725}{Production:: HEYL (1964) AS COMPILED FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS RECORDS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.