Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.36751, -108.07037 |
dep_id: | 10014177 |
mrds_id: | D010837 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Lead |
Trace mineral: | Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Galena, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Barite, Quartz |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
alteration: | Oxidation Of Pb Sulfide |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Dolores Formation;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation |
hrock_type: | Mudstone,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: | 1907 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1914 |
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, 140.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19336
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 140 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS/USBM RECORDS)
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