Mine detail: Mountain Lily Mine

Previously called 'Timberline, MS 17241Patented Claims: Mountain Lily, MS 9421Darby, MS 12611Tip Top, MS 17276Gold Dollar, MS 17276Camp Bird, MS 19403Unpatented Claims: Mountain Lily ExtensionDarby ExtensionRamona'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.42807, -108.04426

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Tellurium
Ore:	Pyrite, Sylvanite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Chlorite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Nonporphyritic Rocks--Diorite
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Nonporphyritic Rocks--Diorite;Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Kaolinitization, Chloritization

References

MRDS	D010843
DEP	10014181
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 154-155.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 9421, 12611, 17241, 17276, 19403}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 154 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.