| Lat / long: | 37.69418, -108.03176 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead, Zinc |
| Secondary: | Copper, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Chert, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrrhotite, Wollastonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1878 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1878 |
| Last production ended: | 1946 |
| Host rock: | Leadville Limestone;Ouray Limestone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Hornblende Latite Porphyry;Augite Monzonite |
| Associated type: | Monzonite,Latite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Smelter Fault, Knob Hill Fault |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Marbleization Of Limestone; Chloritization Of Shale |
| MRDS | D010759 |
| DEP | 10014117 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 75-76, 95.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1136}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 395-396.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |