Mine detail: Ocean Wave Mine

Previously called 'Vermont MineWave of the Ocean, MS 93Vermont, MS 2489aAlabama, MS 2940aFairview, MS 2550Pearl, MS 2550Castle, MS 13103aBurro Cabin, MS 13103aEl Sud, MS 16721El Norte, MS 16721Unpatented Claims: SunsetEvening StarEvelynPatented Claims: Ocean Wave, MS 92Scotia, MS 2550'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.01583, -107.44091

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1876

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Deperession, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011617
DEP	10014723
Reference	{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 85-86.}{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 92, 93, 2489A, 2490A, 2550, 13103A, 16721}{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. 86.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.