Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueFluorite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Solomon-Holy Moses Fault; Creede Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationLimonite And Wad Oxidation Products Of Thuringite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1892
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10012321
MRDS IDD007879
Alternate namesKing Solomon
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.88001, -106.91784
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