Mine detail: South Park Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: South ParkMs 1563'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.69557, -108.02093

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Hermosa Formation;Uncompahgre Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite,Shale
Associated rock:Hornblende Latite Porphyry
Associated type:Latite
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, South Park Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010790
DEP10111403
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.