Mine detail: Riverview Mine

Previously called 'El Rico Mine?Unpatented Claims: RiverviewRiverview No. 1Riverview No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.37363, -106.31087

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Conejos Formation--Vent Facies
Host type:	Rhyodacite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Rhyodacite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks-Monzonite
Associated type:	Monzonite,Rhyodacite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Cat Creek Stock, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010739
DEP	10014104
Reference	{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1970, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLATORO CALDERA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-C, P. C19-C29.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.