Mine detail: George the Third Mine

Previously called 'George Third, MS 9130Annie, MS 9130Hattie, MS 9130Marian, MS 11982St. Peter, MS 11982Vermont, MS 12907Unpatented Claim: Silver Star'

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Location: Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.85112, -107.36896
dep_id: 10107998
mrds_id: D011581
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Altered Porphyry In And Adjacent To Carson Intrusive Center
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type: Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
arock_unit: Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows
arock_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)
yr_lst_prd: 1940
discr: George Iii Mining, Milling, And Smelting Co. (Claimant)
References:
  • 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:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 7609, 9130, 11982, 12907
  • Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; USBM 1940 MINERAL YEARBOOK
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