Mine detail: Mineral Wonder Mine

Previously called 'Stamboul and Butterfly MinesPatented Claims: Stamboul, MS 2585Ruby Queen, MS 2586Mineral Wonder, MS 6911Butterfly, MS 19553September, MS 19553'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.44779, -107.9762

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
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	D010841
DEP	10014179
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 21 P. 73-74, 149-150.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 2585, 2586, 6911, 19553}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 150 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.