Mine detail: Slide Rock-Silver Dollar Group

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Location

Lat / long:

37.85722, -107.97704

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mancos Shale;Telluride Conglomerate
Host type:	Diorite,Gabbro
Associated rock:	Wilson Peak Stock--Microgranogabbro;Wilson Peak Stock--Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Gabbro
Structure:	Paradox Basin, San Miguel Mtns, Wilson Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite To Fe Oxides (Gossan)

References

MRDS	D010896
DEP	10014223
Reference	{Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WILSON MOUNTAINS PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1353-A, P. 39, 48-49, 66-67.}{Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT WILSON QUADRANGLE, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1227.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.