Description
H. Musgrave And Others (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Copper, Gold
TertiaryZinc, Antimony, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault/Fracture Transverse To Trend Of North Ring Fault Of Lake City Caldera But Subparallel To Trend Of Pre-Lake City Caldera Eureka Graben
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Dickite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite · Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Intrusive Rocks--Porphyro-Aphanitic Rocks
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, Wallrock Silicification; Serictization; Pyritization
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1897
Last production1922
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10014721
MRDS IDD011612
Alternate namesHot Stuff No. 2, Invincible, MS 13478, Protector, MS 13478, Hard To Beat, MS 14988, Winner, MS 14988, Hard Tack, MS 14988, Steele, MS 15157, Otis, MS 15157, Albany, MS 15157, Windsor, MS 15157, Metropole, MS 15157, Dutch Mike, O'Donnell, Hidden Treasure Tunnel Site, Manager, Mccombe No. 2, MS 15157, Unpatented Claims: Hot Stuff, Patented Claims: Hidden Treasure, MS 342, Don Quixote, MS 12572, Crystal, MS 13193
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.02556, -107.36869
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 87-95.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.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.IRVING, J.D., 1905, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 260 P. 78-84.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.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOP REPTS.BLM MINER SURVEYS MS 342, 12572, 13193, 13478, 14988, 15157COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.