Mine detail: Lady Eleanora Mine

Previously called 'ButterflyFlorence C.Little La Plata MinePatented Claims: Little La Plata, MS 1374aLittle La Plata Mill Site, MS 1374bRed Cloud, MS 1375Unpatented Claims: Lady EleanoraHenrietta'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.36307, -108.07648

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Epidote, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1923

Geology

Host rock:	Dolores Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
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	D010831
DEP	10014173
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, 134-135.}{Deposit:: RITTER, E.A., 1930, REPORT ON THE LADY ELEANORA CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES COMPANY, LA PLATA, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 8 P.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1374A&B, 1375}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 134 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.