Mine detail: Iron Clad Mine

Previously called 'Silver Clad MinePatented Claims: Iron Clad, MS 865Santa Cruz, MS 6132Bancroft, MS 6515St. Louis, MS 8099Unpatented Claims: Rico BoyRed DogRainbow'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.68668, -108.03565

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Germanium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D010770
DEP	10101867
Reference	{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO, USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 94.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 362.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 865, 6132, 6515, 8099}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.