Mine detail: Cascade District

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Bank, MS 1778Castle Rock Srpings, MS 1778Sarah G., MS 20762'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.59751, -107.7762

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Twilight Gneiss;Ouray And Leadville Limestones
Host type:Gneiss,Limestone
Associated rock:Electra Lake Gabbro;Monzonite Porphyry And Quartz Trachyte
Associated type:Monzonite,Gabbro,Trachyte
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Fe Oxides; Cu Carbonates; Silicification

References

MRDSD010866
DEP10101876
Reference{Deposit:: SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83.}{Deposit:: BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO, A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION: USGS PROF. PAPER 138. P. 177-178.}{Deposit:: BURCHARD, H.C., 1884, COLORADO--LA PLATA COUNTY, IN REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT, UPON THE PRODUCTION OF PRECIOUS METALS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1883: GPO, P. 368-376.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1778, 1779, 20762.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.