Mine detail: Silver Star Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Silver StarMs 1147'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.94557, -107.4848

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,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	D011663
DEP	10014750
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. 5-15.}{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. 26-309}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1147}{Deposit:: KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.