Description
Messrs. Smith and Gray
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Cerussite, Gold, Smithsonite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Argentite, Malachite
GangueLimonite, Limestone, Dolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsbefore 1883 to about 1893, WWI, intermittent in WWII.
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10009801
MRDS IDD003020
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.52917, -106.3117
References
Dings and Robinson, 1957, USGS PROF. PAPER 289.VANDERWILT, 1947, COLO. MIN. RES. BOARDDMEA RECORDSCONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64MINE MAP REPO # 401297 405851Crawford, R. D., 1913, Geology and ore deposits of the Monarch and Tomichi districts, Colorado: Colo. Geol. Survey Bull. 4, 317 p.