Description
John Baker And Others (Ocean Wave Claimants)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault/Fracture Subparallel To Trend Of Pre-Lake City Caldera Eureka Graben
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite · Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite · Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Deperession, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1916
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10014723
MRDS IDD011617
Alternate namesVermont Mine, Wave of the Ocean, MS 93, Vermont, MS 2489a, Alabama, MS 2940a, Fairview, MS 2550, Pearl, MS 2550, Castle, MS 13103a, Burro Cabin, MS 13103a, El Sud, MS 16721, El Norte, MS 16721, Unpatented Claims: Sunset, Evening Star, Evelyn, Patented Claims: Ocean Wave, MS 92, Scotia, MS 2550
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.01583, -107.44091
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 85-86.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 92, 93, 2489A, 2490A, 2550, 13103A, 16721STEVEN, 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. 86.