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

Lat / long:

37.85112, -107.36896

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host type:	Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows
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	D011581
DEP	10107998
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:: 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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.