Commodities
PrimaryLead, Gold, Silver, Copper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Antimony, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault Cutting Tuff Within Lake City Caldera
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite · Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
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 ID10014747
MRDS IDD011659
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.94001, -107.46035
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.KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.SC. THESIS, 111 P.