Mine detail: Western Belle Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Western Belle, MS 5715Western Belle and Golden Rose MinesGolden Rose, MS 7498'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41945, -108.00758

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Tellurium
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry;Nonporphyritic Rocks--Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Lewis Mtn Diorite Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D010862
DEP	10014195
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 172-173.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 5717, 7498}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 172 (AS COMPILED FROM U.S. MINE AND USBM RECORDS)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.