Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlHydrothermal Alteration Of Caldera-Fill Tuff Near Postcollapse Ring-Fracture Intrusion
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite · Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff;Quartz Latite Of Red Mountain
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 production1916
Identification
Deposit ID10014686
MRDS IDD011568
Alternate namesHot Air Nos. 1-12, Bryson Placer, Overbrook, Schewe, Peewee, Topping, Patented Claims: Florida, MS 1797, Tallahassee, MS 1798, St. Gothard, MS 1799, Unpatented Claims: Jay Hawk, V.C., Jake Badsky, Burrell, Mason, Herring, Dandy, Jennie, Noller, McKee, Hampshire, Redmon, Beard, Mother B.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.98668, -107.3573
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 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.MEHNERT, H.H., AND OTHERS, 1979, K-AR AGE OF ALTERATION AT RED MOUNTAIN, LAKE CITY AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 79-1642.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1797, 1798, 1799COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.