Mine detail: Park Tunnel

Previously called 'Libbie BellCelesteSan JacintoMayflowerClaims: Jenny LindBob Ingersoll'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.16916, -106.83118

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Manganese
Gangue:	Barite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone (Redcliff And Castle Butte Members);Belden Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Silicification, Iron Oxides

References

MRDS	D009646
DEP	10101810
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 176-177}{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}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 2319, 2530, 3992, 4008, 4275}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.