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'

Location:	Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.02417, -107.34035
dep_id:	10014684
mrds_id:	D011565
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold
Minor mineral:	Lead
Trace mineral:	Copper, Antimony, Manganese, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
alteration:	Silicification; Oxidation Of Argentiferous Cu Sulfide To Pyrargyrite
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Transverse Fault Related To Lake City Caldera Formation
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_unit:	Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa 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)
Year first produced:	1891
yr_lst_prd:	1960
References:	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.