Description
Dolores Valley Mining Co. (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Twilight Gneiss
Associated rockGabbro · Electra Lake Gabbro
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationFe Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10014197
MRDS IDD010864
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Bank, Ms 1778
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.59279, -107.77981
References
SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P.57.BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1778