Colorado · Dolores County
Producer

Rico Argentine Mining Company

Dolores County, Colorado, United States
CopperGoldLeadSilverZinc
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Commodities
TertiaryCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArgentite, Calcite, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1916
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10239137
Alternate namesMountain Springs Mine, Pro Patria Mine, Revenue Mine, Atlantic Cable Mine, Silver Swan Mine, Yellow Jacket Mine, Falcon Mine, Shamrock and Atlantic Cable Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.70111, -108.00875
References
COLLINS, G.E., 1931, LOCALIZATION OF OREBODIES AT RICO AND RMOUNTAIN, COLORADO, AS CONDITIONED BY GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AHISTORY: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 12, NO. 12, P. 407-424CROSS, W. AND RANSOME, F.E., 1905, RICO FOLIO, COLORADO: USGATLAS, FOLIO 130, 20P.CROSS, W. AND SPENCER, A.C., 1900, GEOLOGY OF THE RICO MOUNTCOLORADO: USGS 21ST ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 7-165HUBBELL, A.H.,1927, RICO REVIVED: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., V. 12NO. 8, P. 317-321MCKNIGHT, E.T.,1933, RICO DISTRICT, IN COLORADO: 16TH INT. GCONG., GUIDEBOOK 19, 63-66-------,1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT,COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, 100P.RANSOME, F.L.,1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS,COLORADO: USGS 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 229-397RICKARD, T.A., 1896, THE ENTERPRISE MINE, RICO, COLORADO: AMINST. MIN. AND MET. TR., V. 26, P. 906-980VARNES, D.J., 1947, RICO MINING DISTRICT, DOLORES COUNTY, INVANDERWILT, J.W., ED., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: STATCOLO., MINERAL RES. BD., P. 414-416WISSER, E., 1960, RICO, COLORADO, IN RELATION OF ORE DEPOSITDOMING IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: GEOL. SOC. AMER.P. 40-46URANIUM INFORMATION FROM PRR 1741 10/53