Mine detail: Montroy Tunnel

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.42669, -106.60088

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Discovery year: 1879

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Host rock:Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite
Host type:Quartz Latite
Associated rock:Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite
Associated type:Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Quartz-Alunite Solfataric Alteration

References

MRDSD010657
DEP10014041
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.