Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryAntimony, Vanadium, Tellurium, Mercury, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlVein Formation Controlled By Favorable Wall Rock Composition (Sandstone And Porphyry)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Coloradoite, Gold, Hessite, Petzite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
GangueDickite, Quartz, Roscoelite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Shale,Sandstone · Cutler Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
StructureLa Plata Dome, San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1893
Last production1939
Discovery year1893
Identification
Deposit ID10014162
MRDS IDD010816
Alternate namesNew Hope, MS 16525, Durango Girl, MS 16525, Patented Claims: Durango Boy, MS 16438
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.41515, -107.99806
References
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 115-117.EMMONS, W.H., 1905, THE NEGLECTED MINE AND NEAR-BY PROPERTIES, DURANGO QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 260, P. 121-127.VANDERBERGE, J.H., 1908, REPORT OF THE DURANGO GIRL, LA PLATA COUNTY: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 7 P.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS 16438, 16525RITTER, E.A., 1924?, REPORT ON THE DURANGO GIRL MINE OF THE DURANGO MINING AND MILLING COMPANY CONTAINED IN A PROSPECTUS OF THE COMPANY, LA PLATA COUNTY: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 5 P.Neubert, J.T., and others, 1992, Mineral appraisal of San Juan Naitonal forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment Open-File Report MLA 2-92.U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1965, Mercury potential of the United States: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular IC-8252, p. 376 p.ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 115 (AS COMPILED FROM COMPANY, USGS, AND USBM RECORDS); RITTER, 1924?