Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead, Copper
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryManganese, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlNe-Trending Radial Fault/Fracture Related To Lake City Caldera Formation
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Quartz Latite · Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated rockQuartz Latite · Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSilification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10014677
MRDS IDD011557
Alternate namesGladiator, MS 628, Patented Claims: Eureka, MS 138, General Sherman, MS 1008, Unpatented Claims: Little Ben, Ore House, Montana, Montana Nos. 1-9
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.98834, -107.29507
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478LIPMAN, 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 MINERAON. 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.KIRK, A.R., AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GLADIATOR MINE, LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-83-704.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 138, 628, 1008DALL, T.A., 1901, REPORT ON THE GLADIATOR GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO., CONCERNING THE ADJOINING GENERAL SHERMAN MINE: COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 15 P.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.