Mine detail: Oak Creek (Ilse) District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.19695, -105.2264

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Zinc, Uranium, Gold
Ore:	Cerussite, Phosgenite

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Associated type:	Migmatite,Orthogneiss,Diorite
Structure:	northwest trending faults
Alteration processes:	carbonate and iron-oxide

References

DEP	10311024
Reference	{Deposit:: Eckel, E.B., 1961, Minerals of Colorado, a 100-year record: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1114, 399 p.}{Deposit:: Hunter, J.F., 1915, Some cerusite deposits in Custer county, Colorado, in Contributions to economic geology: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 580, P. 25-37.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 69}
Reporter	Keller, John W.