Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault Cutting Granite In Eureka Graben
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diabase,Granite · Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10014745
MRDS IDD011657
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.94529, -107.49924
References
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.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-75-431.KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.SC. THESIS, 111 P.