Mine detail: Lellie Mine

Previously called 'Meat Auger, MS 13872Gimlet, MS 13872Whitney Mill Site, MS 16992Ceres, MS 18010Red Rover MinePatented Claims: Baltimore, MS 12676Lellie, MS 12677Louise, MS 18011Syndicate, MS 18011Finis, MS 18011Venus, MS 18011Saturn, MS 18011Running, MS 20240aRunning Mill Site, MS 21240bMars, MS 18011Jupiter, MS 18011Neptune, MS 18011'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.01889, -107.43174

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony, Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
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, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011615
DEP	10014722
Reference	{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 81-85.}{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. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 12676, 12677, 13872, 16992, 18010, 18011, 20240A&B}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.