Asiatic Mine

Conejos County, Colorado, United States

Gold

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Commodities

PrimaryGold

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typeVein

Model85: Polymetallic veins

Deposit sizeN

WorkingsUnderground

Ore controlSheepshead Vent-Dome, West Margin Of Platoro Caldera

Materials

Ore mineralsGold, Petzite

GangueAlunite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockQuartz Latite,Andesite · Summitville Andesite;La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff

Associated rockQuartz Latite,Andesite · Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Latite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry

StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Alamosa River Stock, Sheepshead Vent-Dome

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

Economic & production

Development statusOccurrence

Discovery year1904

Identification

Deposit ID10014027

MRDS IDD010637

Alternate namesMaine, MS 16857a, Patented Claims: Asiatic 1-4 Placer, MS 16857a, Alabama, MS 16857a, Louisiana, MS 16857a, Ohio, MS 16857a, Olimpia, MS 16857a, Monterey, MS 16857a, Oregon, MS 16857a, Brooklyn, MS 16857a, Delaware, MS 16857a, Petrel, MS 16857a, Texas, MS 16857a, Baltimore, MS 16857a, Kearsarge, MS 16857a, Illinois, MS 16857a, Merrimac, MS 16857a, Montgomery, MS 16857a, Asiatic Mill Site, MS 16857b

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.37724, -106.62366

References

PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.GOW, T.T., AND YANG, W.T., 1914, SURVEY NORTHWEST OF GILMORE, CONEJOS COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-465.CALKIN, W.S., 1967, GEOLOGY, ALTERATION, AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ALUM CREEK AREA, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1113.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 16857A, 16857B