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Colorado · Mineral County
Occurrence

Kansas City Star Claim

Mineral County, Colorado, United States
Silver Lead
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilver, Lead
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeN

Geology

Host rockRhyolite,Rhyodacite · Wason Park Rhyolite;Huerto Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Rhyodacite · Wason Park Rhyolite;Huerto Formation
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Major Branch Of Bulldog Mtn. Fault Zone; Creede Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

Economic & production

Development statusOccurrence

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References

EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK

Identification

Deposit ID10012358
MRDS IDD007949
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.87251, -106.94951
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.