Description
Snow Storm Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeS
Ore control"Intersection Of Steeply Dipping Fracture And Porphyry Masses"
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueBarite, Dickite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Shale,Sandstone · Cutler Formation;Dolores Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Structure"San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform", "La Plata Dome"
Tectonic setting"Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)"
Alteration"Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides; Formation Of Clay"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1878
Last production1921
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10014161
MRDS IDD010813
Alternate namesCumberland Mill, Cumberland Tunnel, Patented Claims: Cumberland, MS 2376, Judge Lamb, MS 2357, Cumberland Basin area
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.44307, -108.00675
References
{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-74, 106-108, PL.18.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 2376, 2357, 2378, 2379, 2380, 2381, 2382}{Deposit:: REED, J.R., 1936, REPORT ON THE CUMBERLAND MINE, CUMBERLAND BASIN, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 2 P.}{Deposit:: Neubert and others, 1992, Mineral Appraisal of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado: USBM MLA 2-92, p. 111, fig. 39; p. 123-125.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Paydirt, no. 694, April 1997, 12.}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 107 (AS COMPILED FROM DIRECTOR OF MINE REPTS., USGS/USBM RECORDS, AND PRIVATE UNPUB. ENGINEER'S REPT.)}