Description
Charles H. Graham (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBedding Plane Faults; Paleokarst
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Leadville Limestone (Redcliff And Castle Butte Members);Belden Formation
Associated rockGranite · Aplite Porphyry
StructureSawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift, Good Thunder Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
AlterationDolomitization, Ferration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10013242
MRDS IDD009430
Alternate namesClaim: Celeste
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.1611, -106.82451
References
SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 174-175BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-DBLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 3992