Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Gold, Silver
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite,Andesite · La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite
Associated rockMonzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite · Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Cornwall Fault, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block, Jasper Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationHydrothermal
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Last production1930
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014024
MRDS IDD010632
Alternate namesPatented Claims: Miser, MS 6607, Knoblock, MS 6607, Clara, MS 6607, Ballantine, Tidal Wave, MS 6607, King, MS 6607, Mae, MS 6607, Unpatented Claims: Ross, Winnie, Orient, Plutarch
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.4178, -106.47782
References
PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT: CGS BULL. 13.LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYSCOLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.