Mine detail: Newman Tunnel

Previously called 'Claims: La SalleDenverHarrisburgBijouKeystoneSt. Paul'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.17693, -106.8384

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1926

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone;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, Tourtellotte Park Uplift
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009644
DEP	10013383
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31}{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 1601, 1602, 2047, 4279}{Production:: COLO, DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.