Description
James P. Wallace (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Junction Creek Sandstone
Associated rockMonzonite,Diorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry;Nonporphyritic Rocks--Monzonite
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Spiller Peak-Mt Moss Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationOxidation Of Pyrite To Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1896
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10014157
MRDS IDD010808
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Century, MS 1097.5, Century vein
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.44811, -108.06292
References
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER P. 67-68, 99-101.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1097.5