Mine detail: Paris Mine

Previously called 'Alma Gold Corp. veins, claims, or workings of the Paris area: Adrian, Great West, Helvetia, Little F'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.29916, -106.10393

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sawatch Formation
Host type:	Orthoquartzite
Alteration processes:	calcareous beds are favorable host rock

References

MAS	80930204
DEP	10264434
Reference	{Deposit:: MINE MAP REPO #403506 #403522}{Deposit:: BLM SURFACE QUAD NW-29}{Deposit:: USGS ALMA QUAD}{Deposit:: OPER: MINERALS MINING CORP}{Deposit:: Patton, H. B., Hoskin, A. J., and Butler, G. M., 1912, Geology and ore deposits of the Alma district, Park County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 3, 284 p.}{Deposit:: Singewald, Q. D., and Butler, B. S., 1941, Ore deposits in the vicinity of the London fault of Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 911, 74 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
Reporter	Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Beach, Richard A.