Mine detail: South Park Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: South ParkMs 1563'

Location:	Dolores County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.69557, -108.02093
dep_id:	10111403
mrds_id:	D010790
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Minor mineral:	Copper, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
model:	72: Polymetallic replacement
ore_ctrl:	Intersection Of Fault With Dark Shale
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Hermosa Formation;Uncompahgre Quartzite
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Shale
arock_unit:	Hornblende Latite Porphyry
arock_type:	Latite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, South Park Fault
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
ylp_ba:	<
yr_lst_prd:	1900
disc_yr:	1883
discr:	W.J. Cox And Others (Claimants)
References:	Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 73-75. Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797. Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 350-351. Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1563 Deposit:: COLLINS, G.E., 1931, LOCALIZATION OF ORE BODIES AT RICO AND RAD MOUNTAIN, COLORADO, AS CONDITIONED BY GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AND HISTORY: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 12, NO. 12, P. 407-424.