Location: | Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.5789, -108.17954 |
dep_id: | 10097847 |
mrds_id: | D009280 |
mas_id: | 80830080 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Underground |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcocite, Malachite |
gangue: | Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite |
orebody_fm: | VEINLETS, LENTICULAR MASSES, DISSEMINATED |
work_type: | Unknown |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
alteration: | Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching |
conc_proc: | Reduction |
ore_ctrl: | Faults, Fracture Zones Paralleling Monzonite Dikes; Coaly Material |
Reporter: | Wilson, Anna B., Collins, Donna B. |
hrock_unit: | Dolores Formation, Near Base Of Formation |
hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
arock_unit: | Monzonite Porphyry |
arock_type: | Monzonite,Felsic Volcanic Rock |
Structure: | San Juan Uplift (San Juan Mountains), La Plata Mountains Dome, Small Ne-Trending Fault About 0.5 Mile To Northwest; Parallel Faults, Fractures |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains), Colorado Plateau |
Year first produced: | 1909 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1909 |
References: |
- 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, 150-152.
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