Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.37723, -108.07815 |
dep_id: | 10014160 |
mrds_id: | D010811 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Lead |
Trace mineral: | Zinc, Tellurium, Bismuth, Antimony |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Amalgam, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Ankerite, Limonite, Quartz |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Cutler Formation |
hrock_type: | Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone |
arock_unit: | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Parrott Fault System |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Year first produced: | 1875 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1931 |
disc_yr: | 1873 |
discr: | A.K. Fleming |
References: |
- Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 103-104, PL. 17.
- Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 103 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)
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