Mine detail: Eureka District-Colorado

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Location

Lat / long:

37.87501, -107.54253

Resource(M)

Primary:

Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	HYDROTHERMAL VEIN
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Structure:	FISSURES AND VEINS. CRESCENTIC FAULTS OUTLINE THE CENTRAL BLOCKS OF THE SILVERTON CALDERA., NORTH SIDE OF THE SILVERTON CALDERA ALONG A NORTHEAST-TRENDING GRABEN (EXTENDS FROM THE SILVERTON CALDERA TO THE LAKE CITY CALDERA IN HINSDALE COUNTY.) PART OF THE DISTRICT EXTENDS INTO THE CENTRAL DOWNFAULTED BLOCK OF THE SILVERTON CALDERA.
Alteration processes:	SILICIC, SERICITIC, PROPYLITIC

References

MRDS	DC00025
DEP	60000402
Reference	{Deposit:: SHARPS, 1963: CSM MIN. IND. BULL, V.6, NO. 6.}{Deposit:: MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.}{Deposit:: BARTOS, PAUL J., 1993, GOLD-RICH AND GOLD-POOR QUARTZ-BASE METAL VEINS, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: THE MINERAL POINT AREA AS AN EXAMPLE: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, 7 P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.}