Description
Charles Axell (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryMolybdenum, Zinc, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSe-Bounding Fault System Of Cornwall Resurgent Block
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;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyodacite Porphyry
Associated rockRhyodacite,Quartz Latite · La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyodacite Porphyry
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
Identification
Deposit ID10014100
MRDS IDD010730
Alternate namesClaims: Lake View, Queen Bee, MS 18859, April Queen, MS 18859
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.33863, -106.49421
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.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 18859BIRD, 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.