Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlPlug And Radiating Dikes From Precaldera Volcano
Geology
Host rockMonzonite,Rhyodacite,Andesite
Associated rockMonzonite,Rhyodacite,Andesite · Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Monzonite And Monzonite Porphyry);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Cone Breccias
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Cimarron Volcano
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10014692
MRDS IDD011577
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.11306, -107.50814
References
LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, P. 86, PLS. 1, 3.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.