Mine detail: Sterling Group

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Sterling, MS 6267Nellie, G., MS 6267Conalon, MS 6267Unpatented Claims: Sterling Extension Nos. 1-2Sunday Extension Nos. 1-2Conalon Extension No. 1Dolphin Extension Nos. 1-2Midnight No. 1Sleeper No. 1Sunday Nos. 1-4Dolphin, MS 6267'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.88445, -107.49869

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Associated rock:Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Aphanitic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Rhyolite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011574
DEP10014685
Reference{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{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:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6267}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.