| Lat / long: | 37.6939, -108.01009 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Lead, Silver |
| Secondary: | Copper, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Manganese, Bismuth |
| Ore: | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1966 |
| Host rock: | Hermosa Formation |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Hornblende Latite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Latite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Oxidation Of Pb Sulfide To Carbonate And Sulfate; Alteration Of Pyrite; Mn Oxides From Impure Limestone |
| MRDS | D010768 |
| DEP | 10014125 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 73-75, 93-94.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 346-349.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 730, 7631}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; MCKNIGHT, 1974, P. 94 (FIGURES FOR 1965-1966)} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |