Mine detail: Little Kate Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Little KateMs 8964'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.43223, -108.06065

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry;Nonporphyritic Rocks--Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Diorite Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite To Limonite

References

MRDS	D010832
DEP	10014174
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 67-68, 136-138, 171.}{Deposit:: MCCAUSLAND, ROSS, 1936, TOMAHAWK-BLACK DIAMOND MINES, DURANGO, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 22 P.}{Deposit:: BECKER, C.M., 1934, REPORT ON THE TOMAHAWK AND BLACK DIAMOND PROPERTIES, SAN JUAN DISTRICT, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 5 P.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 8964}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.