Location: | Rio Grande, Mineral County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.41085, -106.71005 |
dep_id: | 10087892 |
mrds_id: | D010622 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Zinc, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Gold, Copper |
Trace mineral: | Bismuth |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Pyrite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Limonite |
work_type: | Underground |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
alteration: | Hydrothermal |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Conejos Formation--Volcaniclastic Facies;Conejos Formation--Vent Facies |
hrock_type: | Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyodacite |
arock_unit: | Conejos Formation--Vent Facies;Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Latite Porphyry |
arock_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) |
disc_yr: | 1895 |
discr: | Robert Young And Others (Claimants) |
References: |
- 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
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