Mine detail: Tippecanoe Mine

Previously called 'Old Cumberland Basin MinePatented Claims: Tippecanoe, MS 1346Monitor, MS 2084Laura A., MS 2551aLaura A. Mill Site, MS 2551bCora G., MS 4873'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.44807, -108.01398

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,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)

References

MRDS	D010859
MAS	80670287
DEP	10014192
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-74, 169.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1346, 2084, 2551A&B, 4873}{Deposit:: Neubert and others, 1992, Mineral Appraisal of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado: USBM MLA 2-92, p. 111, fig. 39; p. 127; p. 128, fig. 50.}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 169 (AS COMPILED FROM REPTS. OF DIRECTOR OF MINT AND USBM)}
Reporter	Buckingham, David A., Wilson, Anna B., Schwochow, Stephen D.