Lat / long: | 37.71862, -107.50285 |
Primary: | Silver, Gold |
Secondary: | Copper, Lead |
Tertiary: | Zinc, Tellurium, Antimony |
Ore: | Bornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Petzite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite |
Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Host rock: | Uncompahgre Formation |
Host type: | Slate,Argillite |
Associated rock: | San Juan Formation;Early Intermediate Lavas And Breccias--Near-Source Facies |
Associated type: | Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Uplift, Unnamed Fault, Unnamed Anticline |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
MRDS | D010724 |
DEP | 10014096 |
Reference | {Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 67-71, 89-90, 168-171.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 12224} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |