Mine detail: Palmetto Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Palmetto, MS 233 Polar Star, MS 289Mine* Bank, MS 309Ruby Queen, MS 407aFirst National Bank, MS 408aChimney Corner, MS 496F. X. Aubrey, MS 852Sarah Wood, MS 1036Superior, MS 1053George M. Tibbits, MS 1087Unpatented Claims: Pray Nos. 1-4'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.97778, -107.57508

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Antimony, Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1878

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1878
Last production ended: 1891

Geology

Host rock:Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated type:Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

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DEP10087979
Reference{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1946, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINES OF THE MINERAL POINT, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND UPPER UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICTS, OURAY, SAN JUAN, HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 14, NO. 7, P. 454-456.}{Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EUREKA AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 535, 73 P.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120, 34 P.}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 75-432.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 233, 289, 309, 407A, 408A, 496, 852, 1036, 1053, 1087}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, P. 190.}{Production:: KELLEY, 1946, P. 456.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.