Mine detail: Czar Mine

Previously called 'Capitol City No. 2, MS 1149Patented Claims: Capitol City, MS 1148Silver Chord, MS 1251Czarina, MS 1270Czar, MS 2008Broker, MS 11149'

Location:	Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.01528, -107.4648
dep_id:	10014715
mrds_id:	D011604
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Minor mineral:	Copper, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Quartz
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Fault/Fracture Possibly Subparallel To Trend Of Pre-Lake City Caldera Eureka Graben
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_unit:	Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite
arock_type:	Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
yr_lst_prd:	1956
disc_yr:	1884
discr:	William R. Wimple (Claimant)
References:	Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 76-77. Deposit:: SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-991. 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:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1148, 1149, 1251, 1270, 2008, 11149 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. 83, 110-111. Production:: IRVING AND BANCROFT, 1911, P. 76; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS