Mine detail: Seward County Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Seward CountyMs 450'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.94723, -107.4873

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011662
DEP10101910
Reference{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:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 450}{Deposit:: KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.