Mine detail: Black Cloud Mine

Previously called 'Leadville UnitResurrection Mine 0080650339Irene ShaftYak Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.22529, -106.22371

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1971

Geology

References

MAS80650002
DEP10191170
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ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.