Description
Charles S. Barnes (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryMolybdenum, Zinc, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSe-Bounding Fault Of Cornwall Resurgent Block And Intefsecting Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Covellite, Digenite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Molybdenite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Zinkenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite · La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
Associated rockQuartz Latite · La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1918
Identification
Deposit ID10014099
MRDS IDD010729
Alternate namesPatented Claims: Glacier, MS 16214, Tanana, MS 16214, Yukon, MS 16214, Chilkat, MS 16214, Unpatented Claims: Amazon, Silver Bell, Free Coinage
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.34113, -106.50143
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.BIRD, W.H., 1972, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: MTN. GEOLOGIST, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 379-387.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16214BIRD, W.H., 1973, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND ITS RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1440.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.