Mine detail: Aztec Mine

Previously called 'Claim: Aztec, MS 621aFairview MineAztec No. 1Aztec No. 2'

Location:	Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.42002, -106.5956
dep_id:	10014030
mrds_id:	D010642
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
gangue:	Barite
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	85: Polymetallic veins
alteration:	Quartz-Alunite Solfataric Alteration
ore_ctrl:	Quartz-Alunite Solfataric Replacement Bodies Following Nw-Trending Fractures Near Sw Margin Of South Mountain Feeder Conduit
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite
hrock_type:	Quartz Latite
arock_unit:	Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite
arock_type:	Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr:	1870
discr:	Theodore Goupil
References:	Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13. Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 343 Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 621A Deposit:: HILLS, R.C., 1885, ORE DEPOSITS OF SUMMIT DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 1, P. 20-37.