Mine detail: Daisy-Hibernia Mine

Previously called 'Daisy MinePatented Claims: Daisy, MS 15567Joe Graff, MS 15621Hibernia, MS 15621Bluff, MS 15621Lida May, MS 15621'

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Location: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.40473, -108.01647
dep_id: 10014158
mrds_id: D010814
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Quartz
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Oxidation Of Pb Sulfide
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone
arock_unit: Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1895
yr_lst_prd: 1925
disc_yr: 1885
discr: William B. Orr (Claimant)
References:
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 108-109.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 15567, 15621
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