Lat / long: | 37.60057, -107.59869 |
Primary: | Gold, Silver |
Secondary: | Copper, Lead |
Tertiary: | Zinc, Manganese |
Ore: | Sphalerite |
Gangue: | Fluorite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Host rock: | Eolus Granite |
Host type: | Quartz Monzonite,Granite |
Associated rock: | Eolus Granite;Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock) |
Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field, Needle Mtns Uplift, Chicago Basin Stock, Eolus Batholith, Trimble Stock |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
MRDS | D010706 |
DEP | 10014082 |
Reference | {Deposit:: SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P.30-32, 55-67, 102, 162-163.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 5620} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |