Description
William R. Wimple (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault/Fracture Possibly Subparallel To Trend Of Pre-Lake City Caldera Eureka Graben
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockMonzonite,Rhyolite · Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1956
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10014715
MRDS IDD011604
Alternate namesCapitol City No. 2, MS 1149, Patented Claims: Capitol City, MS 1148, Silver Chord, MS 1251, Czarina, MS 1270, Czar, MS 2008, Broker, MS 11149
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.01528, -107.4648
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 76-77.SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-991.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1148, 1149, 1251, 1270, 2008, 11149STEVEN, 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. 83, 110-111.IRVING AND BANCROFT, 1911, P. 76; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS