Mine detail: Kentucky Mine

Previously called 'Jack Pot MineOld Kentucky MinePatented Claims: Doctor, MS 16665Jack Pot, MS 16665Fair View, MS 16665Unpatented Claims: Old Kentucky Nos. 1-4'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.39362, -108.13954

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1910

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison Formation
Host type:	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)

References

MRDS	D010830
DEP	10014172
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, 133.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16665}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 133 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS RECORDS)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.