Mine detail: Apex Tunnel

Previously called 'Watrous Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.39363, -106.53338

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Ore:	Stibnite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Summitville Andesite;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite (Alamosa River Stock)
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Summitville Andesite;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite (Alamosa River Stock)
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Alamosa River Stock, Cornwall Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010636
DEP	10087895
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.