Mine detail: Vera Breccia Pipe

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Location: Conejos County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.34446, -106.5631
dep_id: 10090948
mrds_id: D010737
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Hematite, Marcasite
orebody_fm: CIRCULAR
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Pervasive Chloritic Alteration; Hematite Staining
ore_ctrl: Nw-Trending Possible Resurgent Radial Fault
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Summitville Andesite;Summitville Andesite--Volcaniclastic Facies
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Summitville Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1971
discr: W.H. Bird
References:
  • 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:: 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:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
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