The Park District is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado.
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Park District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Park District
Secondary: Whitecross District
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gemstone
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: WHITECROSS DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: RESERVE MINERAL CORP.
Home Office: COLORADO SPRINGS
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: HUBERT L. GREENBACK
Home Office: VALLEY CENTER, KS
Info Year: 1976
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: VEIN, REPLACEMENT
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SAN JUAN DEPRESSION
Type: L
Structure: CALDERA
Description: SAN JUAN-UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERAS, LAKE CITY CALDERA, SILVERTON CALDERA, EUREKA GRABEN
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Text: ALTHOUGH OVERALL ALTERATION EFFECTS IN DISTRICT ARE VARIABLE DUE TO SUPERPOSITION OF SURFICIAL ALTERATION ON HYDROTHERMAL AND TO VARIABILITY OF ROCK TYPES, KRASOWSKI (1976) SUMMARIZED GENERAL ALTERATION SEQUENCE AROUND QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE: (1) VEIN, CONSISTING OF MASSIVE QUARTZ AND SOME APORADIC DISSEMINATED OYRITE, SURROUNDED BY SILICIC ZONE (WITH SULFIDES) EXTENDING 1 TO 5 FT INTO NINBRECCIATED ROCK, ALTHOUGH QUARTZ-SERICITE MAY OCCUR ADJACENT TO QUARTZ VEIN IN PLACE OF SILICIFICATION; (2) IN SOME DEPOSITS, SILICIC ZONE MAY GRADE DIRECTLY INTO SERICITE ZONE AVERAGING 5 FT WIDE, GRADING INTO (3) ARGILLIC ZONE CHARACTERIZED BY INTENSE ALTERATION OF PLAGIOCLASE AND K FELDSPAR TO CLAYS, OCCASIONALLY VERY NONUNIFORM IN BRECCIA ZONES, GRADING INTO (4) PROPYLITIC ZONE OF MORE REGIONAL EXTENT AND ASSOCIATED MOSTLY WITH EARLIER PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION, CHARACTERIZED BY QUARTZ-CARBONATE-CHLORITE ASSEMBLAGE CHANGING AT DEPTH TO QUARTZ-CARBONATE-ALBITE-EPIDOTE-CHLORITE, AND BY ALTERATION OF MAFIC MINERALS TO CHLORITE, EPIDOTE, SERICITE, AND OPAQUES (MAGNETITE, PYRITE, RARE CHALCOPYRITE, ALTERATION OF PLAGIOCLASE TO EPIDOTE CLAYS, AND CARBONATE (CALCITE?), AND ALTERATION OF K FELDSPAR TO CLAY AND EPIDOTE.ALTHOUGH OVERALL ALTERATION EFFECTS IN DISTRICT ARE VARIABLE DUE TO SUPERPOSITION OF SURFICIAL ALTERATION ON HYDROTHERMAL AND TO VARIABILITY OF ROCK TYPES, KRASOWSKI (1976) SUMMARIZED GENERAL ALTERATION SEQUENCE AROUND QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE: (1) VEIN, CONSISTING OF MASSIVE QUARTZ AND SOME APORADIC DISSEMINATED OYRITE, SURROUNDED BY SILICIC ZONE (WITH SULFIDES) EXTENDING 1 TO 5 FT INTO NINBRECCIATED ROCK, ALTHOUGH QUARTZ-SERICITE MAY OCCUR ADJACENT TO QUARTZ VEIN IN PLACE OF SILICIFICATION; (2) IN SOME DEPOSITS, SILICIC ZONE MAY GRADE DIRECTLY INTO SERICITE ZONE AVERAGING 5 FT WIDE, GRADING INTO (3) ARGILLIC ZONE CHARACTERIZED BY INTENSE ALTERATION OF PLAGIOCLASE AND K FELDSPAR TO CLAYS, OCCASIONALLY VERY NONUNIFORM IN BRECCIA ZONES, GRADING INTO (4) PROPYLITIC ZONE OF MORE REGIONAL EXTENT AND ASSOCIATED MOSTLY WITH EARLIER PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION, CHARACTERIZED BY QUARTZ-CARBONATE-CHLORITE ASSEMBLAGE CHANGING AT DEPTH TO QUARTZ-CARBONATE-ALBITE-EPIDOTE-CHLORITE, AND BY ALTERATION OF MAFIC MINERALS TO CHLORITE, EPIDOTE, SERICITE, AND OPAQUES (MAGNETITE, PYRITE, RARE CHALCOPYRITE, ALTERATION OF PLAGIOCLASE TO EPIDOTE CLAYS, AND CARBONATE (CALCITE?), AND ALTERATION OF K FELDSPAR TO CLAY AND EPIDOTE.
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
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