Location: | Mineral County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.84612, -106.96173 |
dep_id: | 10012357 |
mrds_id: | D007947 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Minor mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Antimony, Copper, Lead, Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Cerargyrite, Silver |
gangue: | Amethyst, Barite, Chalcanthite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stephanite, Stibnite |
alteration: | Bleaching, Variable Silicification And Argillization |
ore_ctrl: | Sheeted Fault Zones In Hanging Wall Of A-C Fault, Higher-Grade Ore Near Offshoot Faults. |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn Rhyolite;Fisher Quartz Latite |
hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
arock_unit: | Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Fisher Quartz Latite |
arock_type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Alpha-Corsair Fault; Creede Graben |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Year first produced: | 1892 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1940 |
disc_yr: | 1883 |
References: |
- Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.
- Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.
- Deposit:: LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK
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