Mine detail: Peerless Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: PeerlessMs 9812'

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Location: Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.43445, -108.10398
dep_id: 10014183
mrds_id: D010846
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Chlorite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
ore_ctrl: Favorability Of Limestone For Chemical Replacement At Formation Contact Near Intrusion
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dolores Formation;Entrada Sandstone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1890
discr: George A. Jackson(?)
References:
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 68-69, 159-160.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9812
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