Mine detail: El Plomo Mine

Previously called 'PlomoRito Seco Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.25392, -105.33

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Anglesite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1946

Geology

Host rock:Santa Fe Formation;Vallejo
Host type:Latite
Associated rock:Altered Lava Flow
Associated type:Latite
Structure:Culebra Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Unnamed Normal Faults Associated With East Edge Of Rift
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Sericite, Chlorite

References

MRDSD006755
DEP10087427
Reference{Deposit:: VAN DEIST, E.C., AND VAN DEIST, P.H., 1898, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLO.: COLO, SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 5, P. 76-80.}{Deposit:: GUNTHER, C.G., 1905, THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF PLOMO, SAN LUIS PARK, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 1, P. 143-154.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 65.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, W.I., 1935, BRIEF REPORT ON THE EAST BLACKMORE TRACT: COLO. STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 1 P.}{Deposit:: RITTER, E.A., 1934, REPORT ON THE RITO SECO MINING PROPERTY LOCATED IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPI.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.}{Deposit:: WEILKINSON, BRUCE, 1981, GOLD LODE STUDIED IN COSTILLA COUNTY: DENVER POST, 6/14/81, P. 46.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.