Mine detail: Eureka-Bulldozer Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Eureka, MS 1271Unpatented Claim: Bulldozer'

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Location: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.41307, -108.02148
dep_id: 10014165
mrds_id: D010820
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper
Trace mineral: Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Chlorite, Fluorite, Quartz
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation;Rico 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: 1882
yr_lst_prd: 1914
disc_yr: 1882
discr: De Veau Mining Co. (Claimant)
References:
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 119, PL. 22.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1271
  • Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 119 (AS COMPILED FROM U.S. MINT, USGS, AND USBM RECORDS)
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