Mine detail: Unnamed Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 37.61973, -107.80897

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Electra Lake Gabbro;Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:Monzonite,Gabbro
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Fe Oxidation, Silicification

References

MRDSD010871
DEP10014202
Reference{Deposit:: SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA,LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83,P.8, 42-44.}{Deposit:: BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.