Mine detail: Sarah G. Claim

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Sarah G.Ms 20762'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.62612, -107.80953

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Monzonite Porphyry;Quartz Trachyte
Associated type:	Monzonite,Trachyte
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide And Fe Minerals

References

MRDS	D010868
DEP	10094664
Reference	{Deposit:: SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P. 8, 17.}{Deposit:: BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20762}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.