Smuggler Mine

Dolores County, Colorado, United States

SilverGoldLeadCopperCoalZincAntimonyTellurium

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Description

P.K. Scott

Commodities

PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead

SecondaryCopper, Coal

TertiaryZinc, Antimony, Tellurium

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typeVein

Model85: Polymetallic veins

Deposit sizeS

Materials

Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Coal, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite

GangueBarite, Chalcedony, Quartz

Geology

Host rockShale,Sandstone · Dolores Formation;Dakota Sandstone

Associated rockGabbro,Lamprophyre · Microgabbro;Lamprophyre

StructureSan Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Dunton Syncline, Emma Fault, Unnamed Fault

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1885

Last production1940

Discovery year1883

Identification

Deposit ID10014233

MRDS IDD010910

Alternate namesPriest, MS 17325a, Heddle, MS 17325a, Dick, MS 17325a, Lombard, MS 17325a, Lombard Mill Site, MS 17325b, Smuggler-Almont Mine, Patented Claims: Smuggler, MS 17325a, Almont, MS 17325a, Horlick, MS 17325a, Yule, MS 17325a, Racine, Fannie, Columbine, Pine, Spruce, Iowa, Eagle, Lynx, Aspen, Kenosha, Chicago, Mink, Elk, Wedge, Unpatented Claims: Tiger, Mount Pleasant Mill Site, MS 20539, Blue, Spring

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.76168, -108.10009

References

BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PEAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536.BASTIN, E.S., 1922, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 735-D, P. 120-124.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 17325A&B, 20539KRANTZ, P.R., AND FREEMAN, W.H., 1923, A STUDY OF THE ORES OF DUNTON, DOLORES COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-503.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.