| Lat / long: | 37.49084, -108.05926 |
| Primary: | Copper, Silver |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Malachite, Silver |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | LENSES, SEAMS, PEBBLE-LIKE MASSES |
| Discovery year: | 1882 |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| First production started: | 1882 |
| Last production ended: | 1932 |
| Host rock: | Dolores Formation |
| Host type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Monzonite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Monzonite,Felsic Volcanic Rock |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift (San Juan Mountains), La Plata Mountains Dome, Faults, Fractures Parallel To Dike For 10 To 20 Ft |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains), Colorado Plateau |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching |
| MRDS | D009282 |
| MAS | 80837004 |
| DEP | 10094556 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: GODDARD, E.N., 1949, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BEAR CREEK DISTRICT, IN ECKEL, E.B., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 70-72, 90-91, pl. 13, #4.}{Deposit:: BURCHARD, H.C., 1883, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT FOR 1882, P. 508.} |
| Reporter | Wilson, Anna B., Collins, Donna B. |