Colorado · Pitkin County
Past Producer

Last Dollar Mine

Pitkin County, Colorado, United States
LeadSilverZinc
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Description

John A. Storm And Others (Claimants)

Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBedding Plane Faults
Materials
GangueBarite
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
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10013247
MRDS IDD009437
Alternate namesClaims: Last Dollar, O.K., Minnie Moore
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.16055, -106.82145
References
SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 176-177BRYANT, 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 3849, 3762