Mine detail: Miser Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Miser, MS 6607Knoblock, MS 6607Clara, MS 6607Tidal Wave, MS 6607King, MS 6607Mae, MS 6607Unpatented Claims: RossWinnieOrientPlutarchBallantine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.4178, -106.47782

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite
Host type:	Quartz Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
Associated type:	Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Cornwall Fault, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block, Jasper Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal

References

MRDS	D010632
DEP	10014024
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT: CGS BULL. 13.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}{Deposit:: WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.