Mine detail: Little Nona Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claim: Little Nona'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.35612, -108.08065

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Cerargyrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
Host type:	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	D010834
DEP	10014175
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, 138, PL. 23}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P.138 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.