Mine detail: Meadows Property

Previously called 'Claims: Iceland Spar No. 1Iceland Spar No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.37002, -107.11756

Resource(N)

Primary:	Calcium
Ore:	Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1941
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Mancos Shale
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	San Juan Basin, Sunetha Anticline, Corral Mountain Anticline
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D010671
DEP	10014055
Reference	{Deposit:: DESHAYES, E.V., AND WILSON, S.R., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF COLORADO MINERALS CO. CALCITE DEPOSITS, ARCHULETA AND HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4554, 7 P.}{Deposit:: HAIL, W.J., JR., 1971, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE MAP OF THE CHRIS MOUNTAIN AND PAGOSA SPRINGS QUADRANGLES, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE MAP.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.