Description
Peter Houghton (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Copper
TertiaryAntimony, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Andesite · Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite,Andesite · Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Fish Canyon Tuff;Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite
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
First production1878
Last production1919
Discovery year1877
Identification
Deposit ID10014714
MRDS IDD011605
Alternate namesVarden Belle Mine, Patented Claim: Dolly Varden, MS 172
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.98694, -107.53675
References
LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120, 34 P.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 172LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 75-432.RANSOME, F.L., 1901, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, P. 190-191.