Lat / long: | 37.36307, -108.07648 |
Primary: | Gold, Silver |
Secondary: | Copper, Lead |
Tertiary: | Zinc, Antimony |
Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
Gangue: | Epidote, Quartz, Siderite |
Discovery year: | 1882 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1885 |
Last production ended: | 1923 |
Host rock: | Dolores Formation |
Host type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
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) |
MRDS | D010831 |
DEP | 10014173 |
Reference | {Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 134-135.}{Deposit:: RITTER, E.A., 1930, REPORT ON THE LADY ELEANORA CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES COMPANY, LA PLATA, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 8 P.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1374A&B, 1375}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 134 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |