Mine detail: Sadie Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.41251, -108.01592
dep_id: 10014187
mrds_id: D010852
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Antimony, Lead, Copper, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
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)
Year first produced: 1928
yr_lst_prd: 1930
References:
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PL PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 163-164
  • Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 163 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS)
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.