Mine detail: Atlantic Cable Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Atlantic CableMs 1136'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.69418, -108.03176

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chert, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrrhotite, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1878

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1878
Last production ended:	1946

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone;Ouray Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Hornblende Latite Porphyry;Augite Monzonite
Associated type:	Monzonite,Latite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Smelter Fault, Knob Hill Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Marbleization Of Limestone; Chloritization Of Shale

References

MRDS	D010759
DEP	10014117
Reference	{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 75-76, 95.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1136}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 395-396.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.