Mine detail: Vera Breccia Pipe

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Location

Lat / long:

37.34446, -106.5631

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Hematite, Marcasite
Orebody form:	CIRCULAR
Discovery year:	1971

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Summitville Andesite;Summitville Andesite--Volcaniclastic Facies
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Summitville Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Pervasive Chloritic Alteration; Hematite Staining

References

MRDS	D010737
DEP	10090948
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.