The Pride of the West is a lead, zinc, silver, and gold mine located in San Juan county, Colorado.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.80833, -107.57778
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Pride of the West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pride of the West
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Juan
District: Animas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): $2,500,000
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N19W SW VEIN FORMATION BY REPLACEMENT
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, 1952, C.S.M. DOCTOR THESIS P. 2-3, MAPS.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1901, U.S.G.S. BULL. 182, P. 169
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