Mine detail: N.A. Cowdrey Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: N.A. CowdreyMs 6317'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.68307, -108.03732

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Hermosa Formation
Host type:Shale
Associated rock:Hornblende Latite Porphyry;Augite Monzonite
Associated type:Monzonite,Latite
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010763
DEP10101866
Reference{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P.359.}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6317}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.