Mine detail: Mason Mine

Previously called 'Poverty Hill GroupUnpatented Claims: Banker LodeGold CoinGolden EagleHazel M.Last ChanceLucky StrikeRed RockRosalie'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.39723, -107.89064

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Amalgam, Gold, Mercury, Sylvanite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1921

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1912
Last production ended: 1937

Geology

Host rock:Dolores Formation;Cutler Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010840
DEP10101873
Reference{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 141-143.}{Deposit:: LAKES, ARTHUR, 1906, A PECULIAR OCCURRENCE OF NATIVE MERCURY, FREE GOLD, AND TELLURIDE MINERALS NEAR TRIMBLE SPRINGS, DURANGO: MINING REPORTER, V. 53, NO. 15, P. 389-390.}{Deposit:: ALLER, F.D., 1932, REPORT ON A GROUP OF MINING CLAIMS IN THE CALIFORNIA MINING DISTRICT, LA PLATA CO., COLORADO WITH A LETTER FROM FRANK W. LOTT AND L.G. INGERSALL: COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB REPT., 4 P.}{Deposit:: REED, J.R., 1936, REPORT ON THE MASON MILLING AND MINING CO., LA PLATA COUNTY: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 4 P.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 142 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS)}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.