Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault Cutting Tuff Within Lake City Caldera
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite · Granite Of Cataract Canyon;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 ID10014750
MRDS IDD011663
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Silver Star, Ms 1147
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.94557, -107.4848
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. 26-309BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1147KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.