Lat / long: | 37.71695, -108.09093 |
Primary: | Silver, Copper |
Secondary: | Gold |
Tertiary: | Lead, Tellurium, Bismuth |
Ore: | Enargite, Gold, Pyrite |
Gangue: | Kaolinite, Quartz |
Discovery year: | 1879 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1890 |
Host rock: | Dolores Formation |
Host type: | Sandstone |
Associated rock: | Hornblende Latite Porphyry And Basalt;Calico Peak Porphyry |
Associated type: | Latite,Basalt |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Calico Peak Stock, Calico Peak Anticline |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Alteration processes: | Kaolinitization; Silicification; Shallow Bit Intense Near-Suface Oxidation Of Ores |
MRDS | D010772 |
DEP | 10014129 |
Reference | {Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723.}{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. 357-358.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 596, 7047}{Deposit:: MARRS, G.O., 1925, REPORT ON THE GOLD ANCHOR GROUP OF MINES, PIONEER MINING DISTRICT, DOLORES COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 8 P.} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |