Description
Jerome B. Frank (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Molybdenum, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlNw-Trending Vein Zone In Platoro Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Covellite, Digenite, Electrum, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Molybdenite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Zinkenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Quartz 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, Cornwall Block
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10014102
MRDS IDD010732
Alternate namesMerrimac Group, Patented Claims: Merrimac, MS 6200a, Wild Cat, MS 6200a, Telluride, MS 6200a, Bismuth, MS 6200a, Merrimac Mill Site, MS 6200b
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.34974, -106.54116
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.WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 52.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6200A&BBIRD, 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.