The Silver Wave is a lead, copper, zinc, silver, and gold mine located in Summit county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.56556, -105.83556
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Silver Wave MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Wave
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Montezuma - Geneva Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1922
Time Period: 1885-22
Mined: 6822.470 mt
Material type: ore
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 12-24 INCH VEINS. VEINLETS OF ARSENOPYRITE. UPPER LEVELS MOSTLY GALENA WITH TETRAHEDRITE, LOWER LEVELS SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Workings): 6 LEVELS. ADITS
Comment (Geology): VEINLETS OF ARSENOPYRITE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, 319 P.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1909, THE MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICT OF SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIRST REPORT, 1908, P. 105-144.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P. p. 108
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