Mine detail: Pelican Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Pelican, MS 464Pelican No. 2, MS 17000aAtlanta, MS 17000aCannon, MS 17000aBenson, MS 17000aBlair, MS 17000aHunt, MS 17000aPelican Mill Site, MS 17000b'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.02417, -107.34035

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1891
Last production ended: 1960

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa 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)
Alteration processes:Silicification; Oxidation Of Argentiferous Cu Sulfide To Pyrargyrite

References

MRDSD011565
DEP10014684
Reference{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 95-98.}{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. 963-991.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 464, 17000A&B}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, P. 41-47, 80-83, 108-109.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.