Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.41251, -108.01592 |
dep_id: | 10014187 |
mrds_id: | D010852 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
Trace mineral: | Antimony, Lead, Copper, Tellurium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Barite, Quartz |
alteration: | Silicification |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Cutler 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 |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Year first produced: | 1928 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1930 |
References: |
- Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PL PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 163-164
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 163 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS)
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