| Location: | Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.57418, -108.17621 |
| dep_id: | 10013144 |
| mrds_id: | D009283 |
| mas_id: | 80837005 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Malachite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | VEINLETS, LENSES |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
| alteration: | Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching |
| conc_proc: | Reduction |
| ore_ctrl: | Faults, Fracture Zones Paralleling Monzonite Dikes; Coaly Material |
| Reporter: | Wilson, Anna B., Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_unit: | Dolores Formation |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Monzonite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Monzonite,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift (San Juan Mountains), La Plata Mountains Dome, Small Ne-Trending Fault About 0.75 Mile To The Northwest; Three Nearly Vertical Fracture Zones, 15 To 20 Ft Apart, All Parallel To Dike; Two Small Fracture Zones Nearly At Right Angles To Dike |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains), Colorado Plateau |
| Year first produced: | 1905 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: GODDARD, E.N., 1949, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BEAR CREEK DISTRICT, IN, ECKEL, E.B., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 70-72, 110.
- Production:: ECKEL, E.B., 1949, USGS PP-219.
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