Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Radial Fault/Fracture Rlated To Lake City Caldera Formation
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1922
Identification
Deposit ID10014671
MRDS IDD011552
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Belle of the East, Ms 385
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.00307, -107.28396
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA,WEST ERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO:LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO:EC ON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT,W ESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO.7,P.96 3-991.BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT,W NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG.,V.15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 385COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.