Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typevein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GangueAnglesite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLatite · Santa Fe Formation;Vallejo
Associated rockLatite · Altered Lava Flow
StructureCulebra Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Unnamed Normal Faults Associated With East Edge Of Rift
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSericite, Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1946
Identification
Deposit ID10087427
MRDS IDD006755
Alternate namesPlomo, Rito Seco Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.25392, -105.33
References
VAN DEIST, E.C., AND VAN DEIST, P.H., 1898, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLO.: COLO, SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 5, P. 76-80.GUNTHER, C.G., 1905, THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF PLOMO, SAN LUIS PARK, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 1, P. 143-154.VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 65.HOLMES, W.I., 1935, BRIEF REPORT ON THE EAST BLACKMORE TRACT: COLO. STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 1 P.RITTER, E.A., 1934, REPORT ON THE RITO SECO MINING PROPERTY LOCATED IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPI.JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.WEILKINSON, BRUCE, 1981, GOLD LODE STUDIED IN COSTILLA COUNTY: DENVER POST, 6/14/81, P. 46.