| Lat / long: | 37.41085, -106.71005 |
| Primary: | Silver, Zinc, Lead |
| Secondary: | Gold, Copper |
| Tertiary: | Bismuth |
| Ore: | Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Limonite |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Conejos Formation--Volcaniclastic Facies;Conejos Formation--Vent Facies |
| Host type: | Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyodacite |
| Associated rock: | Conejos Formation--Vent Facies;Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Latite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite |
| Structure: | San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Crater Creek Stock, Elwood Creek Fault Zone |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal |
| MRDS | D010622 |
| DEP | 10087892 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9932} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |