| Location: | Dolores County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.71723, -108.02426 |
| dep_id: | 10014132 |
| mrds_id: | D010776 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Fluorite, Gypsum, Halloysite, Quartz, Sericite |
| model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Sulfide Ores; Silicification And Sericitization Of Sandstone |
| ore_ctrl: | Chemical Favorability Of Limestone For Replacement Near Major Trunk Fault |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Hermosa Formation |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Hornblende Latite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Latite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Blackhawk Fault, Princeton Fault |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| discr: | W. B. Norton And Others (Claimants) |
| References: |
- 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
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