Mine detail: Dix and Cimarron Chief Groups

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Location

Lat / long:

38.06694, -107.50258

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Bismuth

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Early Intermediate Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Cone Breccias
Host type:	Monzonite,Rhyodacite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries
Associated type:	Monzonite,Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Matterhorn Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011627
DEP	10014728
Reference	{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, P. 85, 112-113, PLS. 1, 3.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WETTERHORN PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1011.}{Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-C.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.