Mine detail: Euclid Mine

Previously called 'Euclid GroupUnpatented Claims: Euclid Nos. 1-9'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.45695, -108.08343

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Tellurium, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1912

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison Formation
Host type:	Shale
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)

References

MRDS	D010819
DEP	10014164
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 118.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.