Mine detail: Lady Bug Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

37.40641, -106.70672

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Bismuth
Ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1896

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Conejos Formation--Vent Facies
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Conejos Formation--Vent Facies;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite
Associated 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)
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D010621
DEP	10014016
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.