Mine detail: Hawk Tunnel

Previously called 'Claim: Hawk'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.26751, -106.12921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese, Zinc, Bismuth
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Nontronite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Wad
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Eagle Gulch Latite;Hayden Peak Latite
Host type:	Latite
Associated rock:	Eagle Gulch Latite;Hayden Peak Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Bonanza Caldera
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaclin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.

References

MRDS	D008027
DEP	10101731
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.}{Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.