Mine detail: Summit District

Previously called 'Summitville District'

Location:	Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.43002, -106.5934
dep_id:	60000374
mrds_id:	D010641
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Zinc, Aluminum
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	VEIN, DISSEMINATION, PIPE, WEATHERING RESIDUAL, PLACER
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Structure:	PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE FAULT, SOUTH MOUNTAIN DOME, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD
Year first produced:	1870
yr_lst_prd:	1971
disc_yr:	1870
discr:	James L. Wightman, E. Baker, J. Cary French, Sylvester Reese, William Boran
References:	Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13. Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 343. Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA CCOMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852. Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1976 CALDERAS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FILED, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 958 Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND ATEVEN, T.A., 1970 RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLATORO CALDERA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-C, P. C19-C29. Deposit:: HILLS, R.C., 1885, ORE DEPOSITS OF SUMMIT DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 1, P. 20-37 Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 208-210 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:: SHARP,W.N., AND GUALTIERI, J.L., 1968, LEAD, COPPER, MOLYBDENUM, AND ZINC GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES SOUTH OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS CIRC. 557, 7 P. Deposit:: LIPMAN, P/W/, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.