Mine detail: Sherman MIne

Previously called 'Sherman TunnelDay Mine*MineLeadville Corporation MineSherman-Hilltop PropertyMcGuire Tunnel(?)'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.22809, -106.17561

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Gold
Ore: Acanthite, Chalcocite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite, Dolomite, Huntite, Pyrolusite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1975

Geology

Host rock:Leadville Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite

References

MAS80650001
DEP10190904
Reference{Deposit:: Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p.}{Deposit:: Bloom, D. N., 1965, Geology of the Horseshoe district and ore deposits of the Hilltop mine, Park County, Colorado: Golden, Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. dissertation, 211 p.}{Deposit:: Emmons, S.F., Irving, J.D., and Loughlin, G.F., 1927, Geology and ore deposits of the Leadville mining district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 148, 368 p.}{Deposit:: Tweto, O., 1968, Leadville district, Colorado, in Ridge, J. D., editor, Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales volume): New York, American Institute of Mining Engineers, p. 681-705.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, N34, AUG., 21, 1996, P14.}{Deposit:: Johansing, R. J., and Thompson, T. B., 1990, Geology and origin of Sherman-type deposits, central Colorado: Economic Geology Monograph 7, p. 367-394.}{Deposit:: Tschauder, R. J., Landis, G. P., and Noyes, R. R., 1990, Late Mississippian karst caves and Ba-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization in central Colorado: Part I. Geologic framework, mineralogy, and cave morphology: Economic Geology Monograph 7, p. 308-338.}{Development:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Geology:: DAY MINES ANNUAL REPORTS 1977, 1978 & 1979.}{Geology:: GENTRY, DON W. LEAD & ZINC DEPOSITS IN COLORADO AND WYOMING,}{Geology:: BU MINES CONTRACT NO. G0264005, 1976, PP. 49-52}{Reserve-Resource:: DAY MINES 1979 ANNUAL REPORT}
ReporterBuckingham, David A., Beach, Richard A.