Mine detail: Bon Homme Tunnel

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Fannie, MS 1100Addie Lovell, MS 1950B.C. Steinbeck, MS 1951Pelican, MS 1952Bon Homme, MS 1953Crown Point, MS 1954aCrown Point Mill Site, MS 1954b'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.93251, -107.50785

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Bismuth, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1974

Geology

Host rock:	Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011651
DEP	10014740
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY. COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 51-15.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THEHANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-75-431.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1100, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 A&B}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.