Mine detail: Smuggler Mine

Previously called 'TrueworthySilver BrickI. X. L.LeadvilleAccidentGround HogGlendaleArkansawWilliams RanchGeneral JacksonSmuggler - DurantClaims: SmugglerEmma'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.19277, -106.80701

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese, Cadmium, Antimony, Uranium
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1948

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, Emma Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Near-Complete Oxidation Of Zn Ore; Dolomitization; Ferration

References

MRDS	D009653
DEP	10013388
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 185-188}{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:: VOLIN, M. E., AND HILD, J. H., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF SMUGGLER LEAD-ZINC MINE, ASPEN, PITKIN COUNTY, COLO.: USBM RI-4696, 47 P.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 26-28, 60-62.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 108-109.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1656, 2120, 3740 AM, 3941, 3952, 5051, 5270 AM, 5835, 6858, 6859, 8394}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D. (Hasler, J. William)