Colorado · Costilla County
Prospect

Unnamed Prospect

Costilla County, Colorado, United States
GoldCopperLeadSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Galena
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Santa Fe And Vallejo Formations;Minturn Formation
Associated rockLatite · Altered Latite-Andesite Lava Flow (Santa Fe Formation)
StructureCulebra Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Unnamed Normal Faults Associated With East Edge Of Rift
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10011675
MRDS IDD006756
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.26253, -105.33112
References
VAN DEIST, E.C., AND VAN DEIST, P.H., 1898, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLO.: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 5, P. 76-80.GUNTHER, C.G., 1905, THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF PLOMO, SAN LUIS PARK, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 1, P. 143-154.VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 65.HOLMES, W.I., 1935, BRIEF REPORT ON THE EAST BLACKMORE TRACT: COLO. STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 1 P.JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.