Mine detail: Exchequer Tunnel

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.86723, -106.92979

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Manganese
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Amethyst, Barite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Copper Staining

References

MRDSD007951
DEP10012359
Reference{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}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.