Iowa Mine

Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States

Silver Gold Copper

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Commodities

PrimarySilver, Gold

SecondaryCopper

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Ore controlQuartz-Alunite Solfataric Replacement Bodies Following Nw-Trending Fractures Near Sw Margin Of South Mountain Feeder Conduit

Geology

Host rockQuartz Latite · Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite

Associated rockQuartz Latite,Andesite · Quartz Latite Of South Mountain;Summitville Andesite

StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

AlterationQuartz-Alunite Solfataric Alteration

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1882

Discovery year1882

Description

Governor Gier (Iowa)

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References

PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 343LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.CARPER, A.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-464.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 895

Identification

Deposit ID10101861

MRDS IDD010654

Alternate namesPatented Claim: Iowa, Ms 895

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.4203, -106.5956