Location: | San Juan County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.7114, -107.5148 |
dep_id: | 10014097 |
mrds_id: | D010726 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Lead |
Trace mineral: | Antimony, Zinc, Tellurium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Bornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Galena, Marcasite, Petzite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz |
model: | 84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins) |
ore_ctrl: | North-Trending Fissures In Precambrian Quartzite And Slate |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Uncompahgre Formation |
hrock_type: | Slate,Phyllite |
arock_unit: | San Juan Formation;Early Intermediate Lavas And Breccias--Near-Source Facies |
arock_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) |
Year first produced: | 1892 |
disc_yr: | 1893 |
References: |
- 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.
- 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:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INSP. REPTS., 1897, P. 284.
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