Mine detail: Denver Tunnel

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Location

Lat / long:

37.69223, -106.95673

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D010665
DEP	10014049
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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.