The Silver Swan is a mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,681 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.6811, -108.03560
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Silver Swan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Swan
Secondary: San Juan National Forest
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer/Rico
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rico Development Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1989
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM PRR-1740, DATED 1953. RADIOACTIVITY: 3XBG. DEPOSIT DIRECTIONS- S.H. 145 SOUTH 3/4 MILE FROM RICO. MINE ACROSS DOLORES RIVER ON RIGHT. OLD MINE WORKINGS ARE CONSIDE THOUGH THEN IN POOR REPAIR. GAS AND BAD AIR WAS REPORTED. RA ACTIVITY READINGS WERE UNSTABLE. CAUSED WORKING IN 1989, ABOUT 182,000 FT3 OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE #437-438.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF: TOPO MAP & CBM ANN REPT 1972
Reference (Deposit): RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO 1972
Reference (Deposit): UNDERGROUND WORKING FOR RICO ARGENTINE MINE
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92
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