Mine detail: A. B. G. Mine

Previously called 'Burns GroupPatented Claim: A.B.G., MS 6726Unpatented Claims: Monte ChristoMonaskaF.V.G.AmyJennyEsmereldaDel MonteThayerNagara'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.7239, -108.02982

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Hermosa Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Hornblende Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Blackhawk Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010757
DEP	10014116
Reference	{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130, P. 16-17.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.