Mine detail: Perry Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: PerryMs 2369'

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Location: Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.4078, -106.46338
dep_id: 10087894
mrds_id: D010633
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Silver
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
hrock_type: Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Cornwall Fault, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block, Jasper Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1874
yr_lst_prd: 1875
disc_yr: 1874
discr: Andrew Johnson
References:
  • Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
  • Deposit:: WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2369
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