Mine detail: Colorado Zinc Company Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.21084, -105.09195

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Dakota Sandstone And Purgatoire Formation;Fort Hays Limestone Member, Niobrara Formation; Carlile Shale; Greenhorn Limestone; Graneros Shale
Host type:	Claystone,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Alternating Synclines And Anticlines, Trending Nw And Plunging To North
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D004866
DEP	10107935
Reference	TAYLOR, R.B. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WETMORE QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-548, 1:24,00
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.