Mine detail: Carbonate District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.74192, -107.35121

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Calcite, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1879

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone;Chaffee Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Basalt Flows, Basalt Intrusive
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	White River Uplift, Grizzly Creek Fault, Spring Creek Fault, Numerous Unnamed Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Near Complete Oxidation Of Ore Minerals

References

MRDS	D009854
DEP	10013509
Reference	{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C}{Deposit:: BASS, N.W., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1963, GEOLOGY OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1142-J}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.