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: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.36307, -108.07648
dep_id: 10014173
mrds_id: D010831
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Epidote, Quartz, Siderite
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dolores Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
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: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1923
disc_yr: 1882
discr: Christian Wahl (Claimant)
References:
  • 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)
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