Mine detail: Eagle Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.69168, -108.05982

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Cutler Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Augite Monzonite;Hornblende Latite Porphyry
Associated type:Monzonite,Latite
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010764
DEP10014121
Reference{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 27.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130, P. 15.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS. MAP GQ-797.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.