Commodities
PrimarySilver
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsSilver
GangueChrysoprase, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Fractures That Could Be Related Either To Se-Trending System That Truncates South End Of Solomon-Holy Moses Zone Or To Se Extension Of Amethyst Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087579
MRDS IDD007936
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.87501, -106.92229
References
EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK