Mine detail: Cat Creek Area

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: RiverviewRiverview No. 1Riverview No. 2Silver DollarStar Nos. 1 Through 3Lj Nos. 1 Through 61Cat Nos. 1 Through 112'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.40335, -106.31865

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite
Other material:	Alunite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Conejos Formation--Vent Facies;Volcanics Of Green Ridge--Rhyolite Unit
Host type:	Monzonite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Monzonite,Rhyolite,Rhyodacite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Cat Creek Stock, Platoro Caldera, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	See Comments

References

MRDS	D010738
DEP	10087906
Reference	{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1970, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLATORO CALDERA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-C, P. C19-C 29.}{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, MONZONITE OF CAT CREEK, IN GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258, P. 110.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MONES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM UNPATENTED CLAIM RECORDS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.