The London is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in San Juan county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.94861, -107.58333
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London MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: London
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Juan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cobb Resources Corp. Of Albuquerque, Nm And Boulder Gold, Inc. Of Lakewood, Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE GRADE IS COMPARATIVELY HIGH, AVERAGING 0.5 TR OZ/ST OF GOLD.
Comment (Development): THE LONDON MINE HAD BEEN WORKED BETWEEN 1874 AND THE 1940'S. REOPENED IN 1988 AFTER A DECADE OF REHABILITATION, EXPLORATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORE RESERVES. CLOSED DOWN AGAIN IN JUNE 1989 BECAUSE OF LACK OF ECONOMICALLY RECOVERABLE ORE AND THE CONTINUED LOW PRICE OF ORE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 2 SETS OF WORKINGS- 2 VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, 1946: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 432 - 434 AND PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS TODAY, JANUARY 1990, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64
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