Description
L.W. Galloway (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFault Cutting Poorly Cemented, Friable Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsAmalgam, Argentite, Bornite, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
AlterationOxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxide
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1975
Identification
Deposit ID10014258
MRDS IDD010954
Alternate namesIsabella, MS 18541a, White Chief, MS 18541a, Colorado, MS 18541a, Morgan, MS 18541a, Way Up, MS 18541a, Bay City, MS 18541a, Queen of the West, MS 18541a, Paradox, MS 18541a, Paradox Mill Site, MS 18541b, General Lee, MS 18541a, Rainbow, MS 17487, Cliff Dweller Mine, Patented Claims: Titon, MS 13030a, Cliff Dweller, MS 17486
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3161, -108.95235
References
EMMONS, W.H., 1906, THE CASHIN MINE, MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 285, P.125-128.COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P.219-220.WITHINGTON, C.F., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARADOX QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-72.FISHCER, R.P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P.588.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 13030A, 17486, 17487, 18541A&BCOLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; USBM 1954 MINERALS YEARBOOK