Description
Dolores Valley Mining Co. (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFault Zone Cutting Limestones
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone
Associated rockMonzonite,Gabbro · Electra Lake Gabbro;Monzonite Porphyry
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1833
Identification
Deposit ID10014199
MRDS IDD010867
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Castle Rock Springs, Ms 1779
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.59723, -107.81675
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 COUNTIRES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P. 18.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 1779