| Location: | Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.38557, -108.14009 |
| dep_id: | 10014185 |
| mrds_id: | D010848 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Tellurium, Antimony |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Ankerite, Barite, Kaolinite, Quartz |
| model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Pyrite And Cu Sulfides |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Morrison Formation |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Parrott Fault System |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Year first produced: | 1933 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1958 |
| disc_yr: | 1933 |
| discr: | Charles H. Starr And George W. Gilmore |
| 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, 161-162.
- Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
- Deposit:: USGS, 1934, RED ARROW GOLD DISCOVERY IN THE LA PLATA MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PRESS RELEASE 81670, 7 P.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1934, HIGHER PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER ENCOURAGE MUCH NEW MINING IN THE UNITED STATES: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 135, NO. 3, P. 130-131.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 20551, 20562, 20563A
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 161 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
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