Mine detail: Robert Burns Claim

Previously called 'Claim: Robert BurnsMs 9932'

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Location: Rio Grande, Mineral County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.41085, -106.71005
dep_id: 10087892
mrds_id: D010622
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Hydrothermal
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Conejos Formation--Volcaniclastic Facies;Conejos Formation--Vent Facies
hrock_type: Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyodacite
arock_unit: Conejos Formation--Vent Facies;Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Latite Porphyry
arock_type: Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Crater Creek Stock, Elwood Creek Fault Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1895
discr: Robert Young And Others (Claimants)
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9932
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