Mine detail: Rock of Ages Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Rock of Ages, MS 19205aRock of Ages No. 2, MS 19205aPeak View, MS 19205aRock of Ages Mill Site, MS 19205b'

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Location: Dolores, San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.8557, -107.99285
dep_id: 10014221
mrds_id: D010894
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
ore_ctrl: Generally Ne-Trending Fissures Cutting Intrusive Rocks
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Wilson, Anna B, Denton, David K.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Wilson Peak Stock--Porphyritic Adamellite;Wilson Peak Stock--Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite,Granite
Structure: Paradox Basin, San Miguel Mtns, Wilson Peak Stock
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WILSON MOUNTAINS PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1353-A, P. 50-51.
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT WILSON QUADRANGLE, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1227, p. 93, pl. 1.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19205A&B
  • Deposit:: CBM Annual Report, 1964
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