Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.4439, -107.96314 |
dep_id: | 10014169 |
mrds_id: | D010825 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold, Copper, Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Copper, Gold, Mercury |
gangue: | Quartz |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Cutler Formation |
hrock_type: | Mudstone,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) |
References: |
- ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 123, 173
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