Description
Theodore Renniger And Julius Haas
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryAntimony, Copper, Arsenic, Cadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlAmethyst Fault And Subparallel Upward Branching Fractures In Hanging Wall
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAmethyst, Barite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Creede Graben; Amethyst Fault Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationLimonite, Hematite, Malachite, Wad, Goslarite; Silicification, Sericitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1891
Last production1976
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10012367
MRDS IDD007968
Alternate namesNew York Nine, Del Monte Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.88223, -106.93673
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. GUIDEBOOKEMMONS & LARSEN (1923); CO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.