Mine detail: Asiatic Mine

Previously called 'Maine, MS 16857aPatented Claims: Asiatic 1-4 Placer, MS 16857aAlabama, MS 16857aLouisiana, MS 16857aOhio, MS 16857aOlimpia, MS 16857aMonterey, MS 16857aOregon, MS 16857aBrooklyn, MS 16857aDelaware, MS 16857aPetrel, MS 16857aTexas, MS 16857aBaltimore, MS 16857aKearsarge, MS 16857aIllinois, MS 16857aMerrimac, MS 16857aMontgomery, MS 16857aAsiatic Mill Site, MS 16857b'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.37724, -106.62366

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Petzite
Gangue:	Alunite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1904

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Summitville Andesite;La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
Host type:	Quartz Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Latite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Alamosa River Stock, Sheepshead Vent-Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010637
DEP	10014027
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: 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:: GOW, T.T., AND YANG, W.T., 1914, SURVEY NORTHWEST OF GILMORE, CONEJOS COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-465.}{Deposit:: CALKIN, W.S., 1967, GEOLOGY, ALTERATION, AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ALUM CREEK AREA, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1113.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 16857A, 16857B}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.