| Location: | Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.94529, -106.30949 |
| dep_id: | 10012914 |
| mrds_id: | D008931 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Lead, Molybdenum, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cerargyrite, Gold, Wad |
| gangue: | Beidellite, Magnetite, Malachite, Quartz |
| alteration: | Pervasive Propylitization; Locally Intense Argillization; Kaolinitization, Silicification |
| ore_ctrl: | Breccia Pipe And Shear Zone In Small Stock |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Biedell Quartz Latite |
| hrock_type: | Quartz Latite |
| arock_unit: | Biedell Quartz Latite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Latite |
| Structure: | San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Biedell-Klondike Fault, Esperanza Fault Zone, Biedell Stock |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| disc_yr: | 1886 |
| discr: | George E. Pollock |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258, P. 83-86.
- Deposit:: OSTERWALD, E.J., 1977, THE BEIDELL AND SANDERSON VOLCANIC CENTERS, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 145 P.
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