Mine detail: Lady Bug Mine

Previously called 'Claims MS 10261: East BostonShackmanGoodie QueenWest FieldNantucketTopekaElwood Mill Site'

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Location: Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.40641, -106.70672
dep_id: 10014016
mrds_id: D010621
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper, Cadmium
Trace mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: POD
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Conejos Formation--Vent Facies
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Conejos Formation--Vent Facies;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite
arock_type: Monzonite,Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Elwood Creek Fault Zone, Crater Creek Stock And Satellites
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1896
discr: Elwood Mining And Separating Co. (Claimant)
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 10261
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