Mine detail: Belle of the East Mine

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

Location:	Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.00307, -107.28396
dep_id:	10014671
mrds_id:	D011552
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Trace mineral:	Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Quartz
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Radial Fault/Fracture Rlated To Lake City Caldera Formation
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_unit:	Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
yr_lst_prd:	1922
References:	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.