Mine detail: Puzzle Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: Puzzle Nos. 4-9Jennie Lind'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.40557, -108.02648

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Tellurium
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1902
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010847
DEP	10087919
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, 160-161.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 160 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.