Mine detail: Eldorado Claim

Previously called 'Patented Claim: El DoradoMs 16686'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.7389, -107.56813

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Irving Formation
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	San Juan Formation;Early Intermediate Lavas And Breccias--Near-Source Facies
Associated type:	Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Uplift, San Juan Caldera, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010717
DEP	10014091
Reference	{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 67-71, 89-90, 168-171.}{Deposit:: PROSSER, W.C., 1911, THE BEAR CREEK SYLVANITE CAMP, COLORADO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 91, P. 712.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16686}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.