Mine detail: Dubuque Tunnel

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Location

Lat / long: 39.1536, -106.83451

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue: Barite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Leadville Limestone (Castle Butte Member);Belden, Maroon, And Gothic Formations
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Aplite Porphyry;Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Castle Creek Fault Zone, Annie Fault, Dubuque Fault, Butte Fault, Silver Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD009431
DEP10094570
Reference{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 204, PL. 43}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.