Mine detail: Treasure Comstock Group

Previously called 'Copper QueenWar Eagle ShaftTreasure MountainUnpatented Claims: Jack Pershing 1-4Treasure 1-20Treasure Comstock 1-4Black Hawk 1-4Copper Queen 1-4.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.42835, -106.69589

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Conejos Formation--Volcaniclastic Facies;Conejos Formation--Vent Facies
Host type:	Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyodacite
Associated rock:	Summitville Andesite;Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Crater Creek Stock, Elwood Creek Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal

References

MRDS	D010623
DEP	10014017
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.