| Lat / long: | 37.57973, -106.99173 |
| Primary: | Aluminum |
| Secondary: | Copper, Lead |
| Tertiary: | Silver, Zinc, Gold |
| Ore: | Alunite |
| Gangue: | Chlorite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite |
| Orebody form: | POD |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Fisher Quartz Latite;Volcanic Of Table Mountain |
| Host type: | Quartz Latite |
| Associated rock: | Fisher Quartz Latite;Volcanics Of Table Mountain |
| Associated type: | Quartz Latite |
| Structure: | San Juan Volcanic Field, La Garita Caldera, Creede Caldera, Mount Hope Caldera, Small Unnamed Intrusive Centers |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification Argillization, Propylitization, Alunitization |
| MRDS | D010670 |
| DEP | 10014054 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPAR CITY QUADRANGLE, MINERAL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1052.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F P. 80-81, 174-177}{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., 1980, ALUNITE--A POTENTIALLY ECONOMIC SOURCE OF ALUMINUM AND POTASH?, IN SCHWOCHOW, S.D., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: CGS RESOURCE SER. 8, P. 77-88} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |