Description
Charles Robinson And Others (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryAntimony, Molybdenum, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNw-Trending Vein Zone In Platoro Fault Zone And Intersecting Cross-Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Covellite, Digenite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Molybdenite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Zinkenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite · La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
Associated rockQuartz Latite · La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone, Cornwall Block
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087904
MRDS IDD010728
Alternate namesForest King Group, Patented Claims: Forest King, MS 6342, Bonanza King, MS 6342, Palmer, MS 6342, Ophir, MS 6342, Alta, MS 6342, Star, MS 6342
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.3453, -106.54671
References
PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.BIRD, W.H., 1972, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: MTN. GEOLOGIST, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 379-387.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6342BIRD, W.H., 1973, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND ITS RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1440.HAMMEN, C.W., AND WUENSCH, C.E., 1914, THE PLATORO DISTRICT, COLORADO, ITS TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, MINES, AND ORES: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-468.USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1940, 1941