Mine detail: Isabel Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.61973, -105.47614

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gahnite, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz, Zoisite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1932

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Hornblendite,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Pegmatite,Calc-Silicate Schist
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009707
DEP	10101818
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 80-81.}{Deposit:: WOBUS, R. A., EPIS, R. C. AND SCOTT, G. R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1: 62,500.}{Deposit:: TRAVER, W. M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J. W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART III: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474.}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T. S. AND GODDARD, E. N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, P. 68-69.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.