Mine detail: La Sal District

Previously called 'Horse Shoe, MS 19163Red Rock, MS 19163Malachite, MS 19164Paradox Valley DistrictPatented Claims: Red Chief, MS 13029aRed Chief Mill Site, MS 13029bCashin, MS 13030aMaude, MS 13030aTiton, MS 13030aTiton Mill Site, MS 13030bHumboldt, MS 13031aAngel, MS 13031aBennie, MS 13031aMaude Mill Site, MS 130 31bSunrise, MS 16001Cliff Dweller, MS 17486Rainbow, MS 17487Queen of the West, MS 18541aParadox, MS 18541aBay City, MS 18541aGeneral Lee, MS 18541aWay Up, MS 18541aMorgan, MS 18541aIsabella, MS 18541aColorado, MS 18541aParadox Mill Site, MS 18541bMichigan, MS 19163White Chief, MS 18541aRed Bird, MS 19163'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.3111, -108.94957

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Uranium, Antimony, Arsenic, Manganese
Ore:	Amalgam, Argentite, Bornite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1899
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, La Sal Centers, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxide

References

MRDS	D010955
DEP	10014259
Reference	{Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 219-220.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., 1906, THE CASHIN MINE, MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 285, P. 125-128.}{Deposit:: FISCHER, R. P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 571-599.}{Deposit:: GOTT, G. B., AND ERICKSON, R. L., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE OF URANIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, UTAH, IDAHO, AND WYOMING: USGS CIRC. 219, P. 4-5.}{Deposit:: HALL, R. G., 1903, SECONDARY ENRICHMENT IN COPPER VEINS: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 75, NO. 8, P. 288.}{Deposit:: WITHINGTON, C. F., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARADOX QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-72.}{Deposit:: CARTER, W. D., AND GUALTIERI, J.L., 1957, LA SAL CREEK AREA, COLORADO AND UTAH, IN GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS--SEMIANNUAL PROGESS REPORT, DECEMBER 1, 1956 TO MAY 31, 1957: AEC TEI-690, P. 84-94.}{Deposit:: WEIR,G. W., AND PUFFETT, W. P., 1981, INCOMPLETE MANUSCRIPT ON STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH-COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OF-81-39.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 13029A&B, 13030A&B, 13031A&B, 16001, 17486, 17487, 18541A&B, 19163, 19164}{Production:: VANDERWILT, 1947, P. 153; COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1946-1966; HENDERSON, 1926, P. 182.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Unknown, Wilson, Anna