Mine detail: Smuggler Mine

Previously called 'Smuggler-Almont MinePatented Claims: Smuggler, MS 17325aAlmont, MS 17325aHorlick, MS 17325aYule, MS 17325aPriest, MS 17325aHeddle, MS 17325aDick, MS 17325aLombard, MS 17325aLombard Mill Site, MS 17325bRacineFannieColumbinePineSpruceIowaEagleLynxAspenKenoshaChicagoMinkElkWedgeMount Pleasant Mill Site, MS 20539Unpatented Claims: TigerBlueSpring'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.76168, -108.10009

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Coal
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony, Tellurium
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Coal, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Barite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Dolores Formation;Dakota Sandstone
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Microgabbro;Lamprophyre
Associated type:	Gabbro,Lamprophyre
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Dunton Syncline, Emma Fault, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010910
DEP	10014233
Reference	{Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PEAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536.}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1922, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 735-D, P. 120-124.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 17325A&B, 20539}{Deposit:: KRANTZ, P.R., AND FREEMAN, W.H., 1923, A STUDY OF THE ORES OF DUNTON, DOLORES COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-503.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.