Description
Snow Storm Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryArsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Shale,Sandstone · Cutler Formation;Dolores Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1878
Last production1888
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10014189
MRDS IDD010855
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Martha, Ms 1721
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.44223, -108.01204
References
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219. P. 73-74, 167-168.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1721ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 167 (AS COMPILED FROM PRIVATE ENGINEERING REPT. AND FROM REPT. OF DIRECTOR OF MINE)