Mine detail: Royal Arch District

Previously called 'Spar City DistrictClaims: Morning, MS 7993Big Spar, MS 7795Humboldt, MS 7989Walla Walla, MS 7952Polar, MS 7952Spar, MS 7952D J S, MS 8095World, MS 8294Per Cent No. 1, MS 16670Little Per Cent, MS 16670Smuggler, MS 16670Smuggler No. 1, MS 16670Emma, MS 17959Per Cent No. 12, MS 19538Per Cent No. 15, MS 19538Big Per Cent, MS 16670'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.70695, -106.96895

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite
Discovery year:	1893

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Fisher Quartz Latite;Snowshoe Mountain Tuff
Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	Fisher Quartz Latite;Snowshoe Mountain Tuff
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Creede Caldera, Deep Creek Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010663
DEP	10014047
Reference	{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPAR CITY QUADRANGLE, MINERAL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1052.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., 1964, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE SPAR CITY DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 475-D, P. D123-D127.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.