Mine detail: Ling Mine

Previously called 'North Star'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.37916, -106.10338

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Huebnerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSD000466
DEP10090563
Reference{Deposit:: SINGEWALD, 1947, LODE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT CO.: MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO.}{Deposit:: SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1951, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 970, 74 P.}{Deposit:: VOEGELI AND KING, 1969, USGS-WSP 1535-N.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE A:50,000.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: MINE MAP REPO #403510}
ReporterKing, Robert U., Conservation Division Files, Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Beach, Richard A.