Mine detail: Summit District

Previously called 'Summitville District'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.43002, -106.5934

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Zinc, Aluminum
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN, DISSEMINATION, PIPE, WEATHERING RESIDUAL, PLACER
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1870
Last production ended: 1971

Geology

Structure:PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE FAULT, SOUTH MOUNTAIN DOME, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD

References

MRDSD010641
DEP60000374
Reference{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.}