Mine detail: Leadville Mine

Previously called 'Claim: Leadville'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.23388, -106.76006

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1890

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Peerless Formation;Sawatch Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Lenado Fault, Silver Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009639
DEP	10013378
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 201-202}{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 SURVEY MS 6576}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.