Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryGold, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlRing Fractures And Faults Related To Caldera Formation And Subsidence
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Halloysite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite · Volcanics Of Wagon Wheel Gap--Farmers Creek Tuff;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite · Volcanics Of Wagon Wheel Gap--Farmers Creek Tuff;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Creede Caldera, Mountahope Caldera, La Garita Caldera, Creede Caldera Ring Fracture Zone, Postulated Wagon Wheel Gap Volcanic Center
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationAlteration Of Fluorite To Rare Fluorides; Alteration Of Pyrite To Limonite And Hematite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1913
Last production1950
Discovery year1911
Identification
Deposit ID10014057
MRDS IDD010674
Alternate namesClaims: Sierra Vista 1-6, Ms 20278
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.74612, -106.82644
References
AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 61-67.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1947, FLUORSPAR INVESTIGATIONS--WAGON WHEEL GAP DEPOSIT, MINERAL COUNTY, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 465.BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, P. 13-14.BURCHARD, E.F., 1934, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN UNITED STATES: AIME TRANS., V. 109, P. 370-396.EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S., 1913, THE HOT SPRINGS AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WAGON WHEEL GAP, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 8, P. 235-246.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS. AND INSP. REPTS.STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPAR CITY QUADRANGLE, MINERAL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1052.LUNT, H.F., 1915, A FLUORSPAR MINE IN COLORADO: MINING SCI. PRESS, P. 925-926 (12/18/15).LARSEN, E.S., AND WELLS, R.C., 1916, SOME MINERALS FROM THE FLUORITE-BARITE VEIN NEAR WAGON WHEEL GAP, COLORADO: NATL. ACAD. SCI., V. 2, P. 360.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS. (1916-50); AURAND, 1920 (1913-17)