Mine detail: Jumbo-Morovoratz Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Morovoratz, MS 88Morovoratz, MS 91Jumbo, MS 19879'

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Location: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.35473, -108.08009
dep_id: 10101872
mrds_id: D010829
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Alteration Of Cu Sulfide
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, May Day-Idaho Fault System
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1932
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 132, PL. 23.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 88, 91, 19879
  • Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 132 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS)
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