Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Apparently An Isolated Fault Between The Amethyst And Solomon-Holy Moses Zones, Could Be Same Fault As That At Midwest Mine
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094460
MRDS IDD007944
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.89445, -106.93034
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. GUIDEBOOKLARSEN, E.S., 1929, RECENT MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 811-B.