Description
Sangre De Cristo Mining, Milling, And Investment Co.
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead, Copper
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeUnknown
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
GangueFluorite, Barite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Siltstone,Sandstone · Harding, Fremont, and Manitou Formations
StructureSawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Unnamed Normal Faults; Unnamed Anticline; Sangre De Cristo Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10012934
MRDS IDD008960
Alternate namesSteele Canyon Mining, Milling, and Investment Co. Claims, Independence, Princess, Victor
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.24473, -105.8267
References
COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS., 1902, 1904, 1905BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 14177TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-892Hannigan, B.J., 1984, USBM MLA 24-84Lindsey and others, 1984, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1716-A.