Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlBedding Plane Faults; Paleokarst; High-Angle Cross Faults
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
AlterationDolomitization, Silicification, Iron Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1929
Identification
Deposit ID10101810
MRDS IDD009646
Alternate namesLibbie Bell, Celeste, San Jacinto, Mayflower, Claims: Jenny Lind, Bob Ingersoll
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.16916, -106.83118
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 SURVEYS MS 2319, 2530, 3992, 4008, 4275COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.