Mine detail: Forest King Mine

Previously called 'Forest King GroupPatented Claims: Forest King, MS 6342Bonanza King, MS 6342Palmer, MS 6342Ophir, MS 6342Alta, MS 6342Star, MS 6342'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.3453, -106.54671

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Antimony, Molybdenum, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Covellite, Digenite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Molybdenite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Zinkenite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone, Cornwall Block
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010728
DEP	10087904
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.}{Deposit:: BIRD, W.H., 1972, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: MTN. GEOLOGIST, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 379-387.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6342}{Deposit:: BIRD, W.H., 1973, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND ITS RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1440.}{Deposit:: HAMMEN, C.W., AND WUENSCH, C.E., 1914, THE PLATORO DISTRICT, COLORADO, ITS TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, MINES, AND ORES: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-468.}{Production:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1940, 1941}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.