Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
SecondaryLead
TertiaryAntimony, Zinc, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Radial Fracture/Fault Related To Lake City Caldera Formation
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite
Associated rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite · Fish Canyon Tuff;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1951
Identification
Deposit ID10014673
MRDS IDD011558
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Red Cloud, MS 622, Unpatented Claim: Gold Quartz, Gold Quartz Nos. 1-6
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.00251, -107.28841
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, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-991.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 622COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT. (1948); USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS (1945-1951)