Mine detail: Belle of the West Mine

Previously called 'Extension, MS 358Malter Placer, MS 588Western Belle, MS 1049Delphos, MS 6952Trenton, MS 6967Patented Claims: Belle of the West, MS 357'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.00168, -107.28563

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1959

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

MRDS	D011553
DEP	10014674
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, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-9919}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 357, 358, 588, 1049, 6952, 6967}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; USBM/USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S.; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.