Mine detail: Blanca District

Previously called 'Sierra Blanca, Blanca Peak'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.57169, -105.48779

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Pyrite, Scheelite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite, Sylvanite, Calaverite, Hessite, Pearceite
Gangue: Quartz, Calcite, Ankerite, Barite, Adularia

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: vein
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Associated type:Gneiss,Granodiorite
Structure:veins

References

DEP10311019
Reference{Deposit:: Ellis, C.E., Hannigan, B.J., and Thompson, J.R., 1983, U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA 65-83, 190 p.}{Deposit:: Vanderwilt, J.W., 1947, Mineral resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, 547 p.}
ReporterKeller, John W.