Mine detail: Slide Rock-Silver Dollar Group

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Location: San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.85722, -107.97704
dep_id: 10014223
mrds_id: D010896
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Oxidation Of Pyrite To Fe Oxides (Gossan)
ore_ctrl: Generally East-West-Trending Fissures Cutting Intrusive Rocks And Metamorphosed Shale Country Rock
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Mancos Shale;Telluride Conglomerate
hrock_type: Diorite,Gabbro
arock_unit: Wilson Peak Stock--Microgranogabbro;Wilson Peak Stock--Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite,Gabbro
Structure: Paradox Basin, San Miguel Mtns, Wilson Peak Stock
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WILSON MOUNTAINS PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1353-A, P. 39, 48-49, 66-67.
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT WILSON QUADRANGLE, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1227.
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