Mine detail: Red Arrow Mine

Previously called 'Summit Nos. 1-6Pleasant View Nos. 1-2Red Arrow Nos. 4, 5, 7, 20, 21, MS 20563aPark City, MS 20563aUnpatented Claims: Red Arrow Nos. 1, 6, 10-18, 22-26White RockFlorence W. FractionBettyBetty Nos. 1-2Patented Claims: Red Arrow Nos. 2, 3, 9, MS 20551Red Arrow Nos. 8, 19, MS 20562Red Arrow Extension, MS 20562White Rock ExtensionOld Kentucky No. 3White Rock Nos. 1-14'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.38557, -108.14009

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Tellurium, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcocite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1933
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Parrott Fault System
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite And Cu Sulfides

References

MRDS	D010848
DEP	10014185
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, 161-162.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1934, RED ARROW GOLD DISCOVERY IN THE LA PLATA MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PRESS RELEASE 81670, 7 P.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1934, HIGHER PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER ENCOURAGE MUCH NEW MINING IN THE UNITED STATES: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 135, NO. 3, P. 130-131.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 20551, 20562, 20563A}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 161 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.