Mine detail: Pride of America Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Pride of America, MS 5306Unpatented Claim: Pride of Amaerica No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.01389, -107.42757

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1977

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 Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011620
DEP	10014724
Reference	{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 81.}{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 SURVEY MS 5306}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.