Mine detail: Puzzle Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Puzzle, MS 374John B., MS 679Stephen B., MS 680Minnie May, MS 1465Unpatented Claims: May LodeGulch LodeBlack Diamond Nos. 1-2'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71445, -108.04898

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Ore:	Argentite, Bromyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Allophane, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Hermosa Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Hornblende Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Ag Sulfide

References

MRDS	D010782
DEP	10014136
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN, REPT., PT. 2, P. 352-354.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 374, 679, 680, 1465}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.