Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.36307, -108.07648 |
dep_id: | 10014173 |
mrds_id: | D010831 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Lead |
Trace mineral: | Zinc, Antimony |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Epidote, Quartz, Siderite |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Dolores Formation |
hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
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: | 1885 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1923 |
disc_yr: | 1882 |
discr: | Christian Wahl (Claimant) |
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, 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)
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