Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.38251, -108.06398 |
dep_id: | 10014180 |
mrds_id: | D010842 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Minor mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
work_type: | Underground |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
alteration: | Oxidation Of Pyrite To Limonite; Sericitization Of Feldspars |
conc_proc: | Au Enrichment Through Near-Surface Oxidation Of Pyrite To Limonite |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Cutler Formation |
hrock_type: | Diorite |
arock_unit: | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry;Nonporphyritic Rocks--Syenite |
arock_type: | Syenite,Diorite |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
yr_lst_prd: | 1933 |
disc_yr: | 1895 |
discr: | Jacob Ohlwiler And Others (Claimants) |
References: |
- Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 67-68, 152-154.
- Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 8870
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 152 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS)
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