Description
James Watson And Others (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead, Copper, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Antimony, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault/Fracture Transverse To Lake City Caldera Ring Fault But Subparallel To Trend Of Pre-Lake City Caldera Eureka Graben
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite · Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
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 production1925
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10014722
MRDS IDD011615
Alternate namesLouise, MS 18011, Syndicate, MS 18011, Finis, MS 18011, Venus, MS 18011, Saturn, MS 18011, Running, MS 20240a, Running Mill Site, MS 21240b, Red Rover Mine, Patented Claims: Baltimore, MS 12676, Lellie, MS 12677, Meat Auger, MS 13872, Gimlet, MS 13872, Whitney Mill Site, MS 16992, Ceres, MS 18010, Mars, MS 18011, Jupiter, MS 18011, Neptune, MS 18011
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.01889, -107.43174
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 81-85.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. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 12676, 12677, 13872, 16992, 18010, 18011, 20240A&BCOLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.