Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.41307, -108.02148 |
dep_id: | 10014165 |
mrds_id: | D010820 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Minor mineral: | Lead, Copper |
Trace mineral: | Tellurium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite |
gangue: | Chlorite, Fluorite, Quartz |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Cutler Formation;Rico 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 |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Year first produced: | 1882 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1914 |
disc_yr: | 1882 |
discr: | De Veau Mining Co. (Claimant) |
References: |
- Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 119, PL. 22.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1271
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 119 (AS COMPILED FROM U.S. MINT, USGS, AND USBM RECORDS)
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