Mine detail: Caribou Mine

Previously called 'Caribou Consolidated GroupCon. Silver Caribou MinesConsolidated Caribou Silver Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.98166, -105.58281

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Acanthite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Caribou stock
Host type:	Monzogabbro
Structure:	ore shoots localized at vein junctions and by changes in dip or strike
Alteration processes:	wall rock is silicified and pyritized

References

MRDS	DC02851
DEP	10017083
Reference	{Deposit:: LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, P. 201, AND PL. 3 (NORTH HALF)}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: Moore, F. B., Cavender, W. S., and Kaiser, E. P., 1957, Geology and uranium deposits of the Caribou area, Boulder County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1030-N, pp. 517-552.}{Deposit:: DMEA RECORDS}{Deposit:: MINE MAP REPO # 401309}{Deposit:: 408176 408177 408173 408178 OWN/ CARIBOU CLAIM GROUP}{Deposit:: Smith, D. A., 2003, Silver saga, the story of Caribou, Colorado (rev. ed.): Boulder, University Press of Colorado, 230 p.}{Reserve-Resource:: Calais Resources corporate info., accessed from internet on 12/20/2005.}
Reporter	Conservation Division Files, Beach, Richard A., Hasler, J. William, Melton, Greg