Mine detail: Narrow Gauge Mine

Previously called 'Narrow Gage shaft'

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Location: Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.42419, -106.5956
dep_id: 10014042
mrds_id: D010658
mas_id: 81050023
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Underground
alteration: Quartz-Alunite Solfataric Alteration
ore_ctrl: Quartz-Alunite Solfataric Replacement Bodies Following Nw-Trending Fractures Near Sw Margin Of South Mountain Feeder Conduit
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_unit: Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite
hrock_type: Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite
arock_type: Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
  • Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 343, pl. 3.
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
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