Description
C. Patz And Others (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryAntimony
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 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 Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1977
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10014724
MRDS IDD011620
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Pride of America, MS 5306, Unpatented Claim: Pride of Amaerica No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.01389, -107.42757
References
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 81.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 SURVEY MS 5306COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.