Mine detail: Dade Prospect

Previously called 'Miners DreamClaims: Mile High'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.85109, -107.39537

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Gold, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Malachite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Leadville Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Basalt Flows And Intrusives
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:White River Uplift, White River Uplift, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:Colorado Platform; Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Some Oxidation Of Sulfides

References

MRDSD009855
DEP10013510
ReferenceMALLORY, W.W., AND OTHERS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLAT TOPS PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1230-
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.