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Mine detail: Gold King-Swamp Angel Group
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North America
United States
Colorado
La Plata
Previously called 'Patented Claims: Gold King, MS 4880Swamp Angel, MS 4881'
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Location
Lat / long:
37.4439, -107.96314
Resource(M)
Primary:
Gold, Copper, Mercury
Ore:
Copper, Gold, Mercury
Gangue:
Quartz
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Deposit type:
Vein
Production size:
Small
Development status:
Past Producer
Geology
Host rock:
Cutler Formation
Host type:
Mudstone,Sandstone
Associated rock:
Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:
Diorite
Structure:
San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References
MRDS
D010825
DEP
10014169
Reference
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 123, 173
Reporter
Schwochow, Stephen D.