Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFracture Zone Subparallel To And In Hanging Wall Of Amethyst Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueAmethyst, Barite
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, Creede Graben; Amethyst Fault Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationLimonite, Copper Carbonates
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10101727
MRDS IDD007959
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.87251, -106.93618
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