Mine detail: Pearl and Ruby Groups

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Pearl, MS 12860Ruby, MS 12860'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.965, -107.53814

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011619
DEP	10101907
Reference	{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE; USGS FOLIO 120, 34 P.}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 12860}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 75-432.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.