Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
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, Small Area Of Complex Fracturing, Possibly A Southeastward Extension Of Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone But More Likely Related To Similar Set Of Fractures That Diagonally Terminates South End Of S-Hm Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012349
MRDS IDD007932
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.87084, -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