Mine detail: Eurydice Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Eurydice, MS 7760Orpheus, MS 7760Louisa, MS 7760No. 10, MS 7000'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.38335, -106.56366

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Petzite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite (Alamosa River Stock);Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry (Alum Creek Porphyry)
Host type:	Monzonite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite (Alamosa River Stock);Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry (Alum Creek Porphyry)
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Alamosa River Stock, Summitville Fault, Platoro Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010639
DEP	10087896
Reference	{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:: CALKIN, W.S., 1967, GEOLOGY, ALTERATION, AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ALUM CREEK AREA. SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD. COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1113.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 7760, 7000}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.