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: Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.4178, -106.47782
dep_id: 10014024
mrds_id: D010632
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
alteration: Hydrothermal
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite
hrock_type: Quartz Latite,Andesite
arock_unit: Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
arock_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)
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1930
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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.
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