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

MRDS	D010582
DEP	10087880
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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.