Colorado · Mineral County
Occurrence

Bird Creek Mine

Mineral County, Colorado, United States
SilverLeadZinc
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlPost-Resurgent Ring Faulting And Tensional Graben Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueBarite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite · Snowshoe Mountain Tuff;Fisher Quartz Latite
Associated rockQuartz Latite · Snowshoe Mountain Tuff;Fisher Quartz Latite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Creede Caldera, Deep Creek Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014048
MRDS IDD010664
Alternate namesPer Cent No. 15, MS 19538, Claims: Per Cent No. 12, MS 19538
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.69807, -106.94895
References
STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPAR CITY QUADRANGLE, MINERAL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1052STEVEN, T.A., 1964, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE SPAR CITY DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 475-D, P. D123-D127.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19538