| Lat / long: | 37.71723, -108.02426 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Manganese |
| Ore: | Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Fluorite, Gypsum, Halloysite, Quartz, Sericite |
| Discovery year: | 1885 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1885 |
| Host rock: | Hermosa Formation |
| Host type: | Sandstone,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Hornblende Latite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Latite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Blackhawk Fault, Princeton Fault |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Oxidation Of Sulfide Ores; Silicification And Sericitization Of Sandstone |
| MRDS | D010776 |
| DEP | 10014132 |
| 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. 390-392}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 19665} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |