Mine detail: Bachelor Mine

Previously called 'Newton, MS 14695aBen Bolt, MS 14695aCawnoa, MS 14695aPinnacle Mill Site, MS 14695bMaiden Mill Site, MS 14106bBurrows, MS 14107aNaomi Mill Site, MS 14107bSeabord, MS 14695aPinnacle, MS 14695aPinnacle No. 2, MS 14695aNaomi, MS 14695aMay Flower, MS 14695aRed Snapper, MS 14695aMiners Fate, MS 14695aYellow Jacket, MS 14695aBoxer, MS 14695aSwail No. 1, MS 14695aSwail No. 2, MS 14695aPatented Claims: Wedge, MS 14104aWedge Mill Site, MS 14104bBachelor, MS 14105aBachelor Mill Site, MS 14105bMaiden, MS 14106a'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.86195, -107.3598

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows;Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries)
Associated type:	Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D011579
DEP	10101904
Reference	{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., 1911, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CARSON CAMP, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 470, P. 30-38.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWEST COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 14104A&B, 14105A&B, 14106A&B, 14107A&B, 14695A&B}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.