Mine detail: Eastern Star Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.93252, -105.6428

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Granodiorite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Diabase
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault, A Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Upper Portions Oxidized To Limonite And Copper Carbonates

References

MRDS	D008967
DEP	10101772
Reference	{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S., THESIS T-764}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.