Mine detail: Belle of the East Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Belle of the EastMs 385'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.00307, -107.28396

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1922

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011552
DEP10014671
Reference{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA,WEST ERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO:}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO:EC ON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT,W ESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO.7,P.96 3-991.}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT,W NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG.,V.15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 385}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.