Lat / long: | 37.69779, -108.03343 |
Primary: | Silver, Lead |
Secondary: | Copper |
Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
Gangue: | Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Hornblende, Pyroxene, Quartz |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Contact Metamorphic |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Host rock: | Larsen Quartzite;Hermosa Formation |
Host type: | Quartzite,Limestone |
Associated rock: | Augite Monzonite;Hornblende Latite Porphyry |
Associated type: | Monzonite,Latite |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Smelter Fault |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
MRDS | D010778 |
DEP | 10014133 |
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. 363-364.} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |