Mine detail: May Rose Mine

Previously called 'Uncle Sam Mine, Saxon MineProtectionIdealMayflowerMayflower No. 1May RoseMammothModelSilver KingTennieUncle Sam No. 1YuletideUnpatented Claims: AcropolisAcropolis ExtensionBig BerthaCresson'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.3814, -108.05871

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Tellurium, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1887
Last production ended:	1921

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D010839
DEP	10014178
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, 149-151.}{Deposit:: CARAMOUZIS, BASIL, (N.D.), REPORT ON THE MAY ROSE MINES, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 4 P.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Production:: CARAMOUZIS (UNPUB ENG. REPT.)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.