Description
George Iii Mining, Milling, And Smelting Co. (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures And Altered Porphyry In And Adjacent To Carson Intrusive Center
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Enargite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Associated rockRhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite · Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Last production1940
Identification
Deposit ID10107998
MRDS IDD011581
Alternate namesGeorge Third, MS 9130, Annie, MS 9130, Hattie, MS 9130, Marian, MS 11982, St. Peter, MS 11982, Vermont, MS 12907, Unpatented Claim: Silver Star
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.85112, -107.36896
References
LARSEN, E.S., 1911, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CARSON CAMP, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 470, P. 30-38.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 7609, 9130, 11982, 12907COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; USBM 1940 MINERAL YEARBOOK