Mine detail: Unidentified Occurrence

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.03946, -105.14056
dep_id: 10010889
mrds_id: D004955
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 82: Epithermal veins
ore_ctrl: Deer Peak Volcanic Center, Ne-Trending Fault
Reporter: Collins, Donna B., Foord, Suzann C
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Deer Peak Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
arock_type: Rhyodacite
Structure: Deer Peak Volcanic Center, Wet Mountains, Ne-Trending Fault; Edge Of Deer Peak Volcanic Center
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
References:
  • RAYLOR, R.B., 19748 RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 1:24,000
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