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: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.44807, -108.01398
dep_id: 10014192
mrds_id: D010859
mas_id: 80670287
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Buckingham, David A., Wilson, Anna B., Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,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: 1882
yr_lst_prd: 1918
disc_yr: 1882
discr: Tippecanoe Mining, Milling, And Lumber Co. (Claimant)
References:
  • 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)
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