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

Lat / long:

37.40473, -108.01647

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pb Sulfide

References

MRDS	D010814
DEP	10014158
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.