Mine detail: Montezuma Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.69779, -108.03343

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Hornblende, Pyroxene, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSD010778
DEP10014133
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:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 363-364.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.