Mine detail: Lost Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claim: Lost'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.39723, -107.90203

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1931
Last production ended: 1933

Geology

Host rock:Dolores Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:San Juan Uplift, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010835
DEP10087916
Reference{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 138.}{Deposit:: ALLER, F.D., 1932, REPORT ON A GROUP OF MINING CLAIMS IN THE CALIFORNIA MINING DISTRICT, LA PLATA CO., COLORADO, WITH A LETTER FROM FRANK W. LOTT AND L.G. INGERSALL: COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB REPT., 4 P.}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 138 (AS REPORTED IN USBM RECORDS)}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.