| Lat / long: | 37.57418, -108.17621 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | VEINLETS, LENSES |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1905 |
| Host rock: | Dolores Formation |
| Host type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Monzonite Porphyry |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching |
| MRDS | D009283 |
| MAS | 80837005 |
| DEP | 10013144 |
| Reference | {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.} |
| Reporter | Wilson, Anna B., Collins, Donna B. |