Mine detail: Rosebud Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: Rosebud Nos. 1-3Rosebud ExtensionBlack Imp Nos. 1-3Robert RomRosebud Mill Site'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71751, -108.12287

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Manganese, Sulfur
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sulfur

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1921

Geology

Host rock:	Dolores Formation;Cutler Formation
Host type:	Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Basalt;Calico Peak Porphyry
Associated type:	Latite,Basalt
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Calico Peak Anticline, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010909
DEP	10014232
Reference	{Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1922, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 735-D, P. 124-127.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.