Mine detail: Rio Oro Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.11807, -105.78114

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Gold

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010582
DEP10087880
Reference{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.