Colorado · Montezuma County
Past Producer

Red Arrow Mine and Mill

Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
SilverGoldCopperAntimonyTelluriumZincLead
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Description

Charles H. Starr And George W. Gilmore

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryAntimony, Tellurium, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Chalcocite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Morrison Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Structure"La Plata Dome, Parrott Fault System", "San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform"
Tectonic setting"Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)"
Alteration"Oxidation Of Pyrite And Cu Sulfides"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1933-1937, 1940-1947, intermittently 1988-2006, 2006-2013.
First production1933
Last production2013
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10014185
MRDS IDD010848
Alternate namesOutwest, Red Arrow Group, White Rock Nos. 1-14, Pleasant View, Old Kentucky No. 3, White Rock Extension, Betty Nos. 1-2Betty, Florence W. FractionWhite Rock, Unpatented Claims: Red Arrow Nos. 1, 6, 10-18, 22-26, Park City, MS 20563a, Red Arrow Extension, MS 20562, Red Arrow Nos. 8, 19, MS 20562, Patented Claims: Red Arrow Nos. 2, 3, 9, MS 20551, Red Arrow Mine, Red Arrow Nos. 4, 5, 7, 20, 21, MS 20563a, Pleasant View Nos. 1-2, Summit Nos. 1-6
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.3855, -108.1396
References
{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 159-160, 161-162.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1934, RED ARROW GOLD DISCOVERY IN THE LA PLATA MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PRESS RELEASE 81670, 7 P.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1934, HIGHER PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER ENCOURAGE MUCH NEW MINING IN THE UNITED STATES: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 135, NO. 3, P. 130-131.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 20551, 20562, 20563A}{Deposit:: Colorado Bureau of Mines Annual Report, 1939}{Deposit:: Neubert, J.T., Ellis, C.E., Hannigan, B.J., Jeske, R.E., Martin, C.M., Thomposon, J.R., Tuftin, S.E., Wood, R.H., III, and Zelten, J.E., with a section on Industrial Minerals by A.G. Raby, 1992, Mineral Appraisal of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment Open File Report MLA 2-92, 311 p., 4 appendices.}{Deposit:: Red Arrow Gold Corporation, 2013, Company website (accessed Aug. 26, 2013 at http://031309a.netsolhost.com/aboutus/businessofthecompany.html).}{Environmental Factors:: Lofholm, Nancy, 2013, Colorado town worries, regulators plan cleanup at shuttered gold mill: Denver Post, Sunday Aug. 25, 2013. Accessed 8/26/13 at http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23935630/colorado-town-worries-regulators-plan-cleanup-at-shuttered?IADID=Search-www.denverpost.com-www.denverpost.com.}{Environmental Factors:: Hanel, Joe, 2013, EPA to Inspect Mancos milling site: The Cortez Journal, Aug. 20, 2013. (accessed Aug 25, 2013 at http://www.mancostimes.com/article/20130820/MT03/130829991/-1/mt/EPA-to-inspect-Mancos-milling-site-)}{Location:: Red Arrow Gold Corporation, 2013, Company website (accessed Aug. 26, 2013 at http://031309a.netsolhost.com/map.html)}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 161 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}