Mine detail: Pride of Aspen Mine

Previously called 'Claim: Pride of Aspen'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.19082, -106.82868

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Belden Formation;Maroon Formation
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry;Hornblende Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Pride Fault, Mary B. Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Castle Creek Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009647
DEP	10013384
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 165, PL. 41}{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 7364}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.