Mine detail: Sadie Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41251, -108.01592

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Antimony, Lead, Copper, Tellurium
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1928
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler 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
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D010852
DEP	10014187
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.