Location: | Dolores County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.76084, -108.10676 |
dep_id: | 10014228 |
mrds_id: | D010904 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Minor mineral: | Lead, Copper |
Trace mineral: | Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Quartz |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
ore_ctrl: | Probable Fault Subparallel To But Outside Graben |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Cutler Formation;Dolores Formation |
hrock_type: | Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone |
arock_unit: | Microgabbro |
arock_type: | Gabbro |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Dunton Syncline, Unnamed Fault, Emma Fault |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
yr_lst_prd: | 1910 |
References: |
- Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PEAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536.
- Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1922, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 735-D, P. 116-129.
- Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 18486A
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