Colorado · Montezuma County
Occurrence
Peerless Mine
Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
Gold
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Description
George A. Jackson(?)
Commodities
Primary
Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Model
72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
LENTICULAR
Ore control
Favorability Of Limestone For Chemical Replacement At Formation Contact Near Intrusion
Materials
Gangue
Chlorite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Dolores Formation;Entrada Sandstone
Associated rock
Diorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Structure
San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1890
Identification
Deposit ID
10014183
MRDS ID
D010846
Alternate names
Patented Claim: Peerless, Ms 9812
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
37.43445, -108.10398
References
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 68-69, 159-160.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9812