Mine detail: Monon Claims

Previously called 'Claims: Monon Nos. 1-27'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.80251, -106.53782

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1962

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Embargo Granodiorite Porphyry;Conejos Formation
Host type:	Diorite,Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	Embargo Granodiorite Porphyry;Conejos Formation
Associated type:	Diorite,Quartz Latite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, La Garita Caldera, Embargo Intrusive Center
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D009233
DEP	10101786
Reference	{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258, P. 112.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS I-764.}{Deposit:: BLM CLAIM RECORDS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.