Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite · Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Outlet Tunnel Member Of La Garita Quartz Latite
Associated rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite · Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Outlet Tunnel Member Of La Garita Quartz Latite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone; Creede Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012318
MRDS IDD007876
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.89307, -106.91395
References
EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS, 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK