| Lat / long: | 37.70279, -108.03982 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Gold |
| Tertiary: | Zinc |
| Ore: | Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1879 |
| Last production ended: | 1895 |
| Host rock: | Hermosa Formation |
| Host type: | Shale,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Hornblende Latite Porphyry;Alaskite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Latite,Granite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Nellie Bly Fault |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| MRDS | D010760 |
| DEP | 10014118 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 364-365.}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P.92.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 367A&B}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |