Mine detail: Depression Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: DepressionProsperityPeaco CkLone StarElsiefind'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63137, -105.38253

Resource(M)

Primary:

Gold, Silver

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Knotted Mica Schist
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Clark Synform
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010532
DEP	10101856
Reference	{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.