Colorado · Ouray County
Past Producer

Red Mountain Deposits

Ouray County, Colorado, United States
SilverLeadGoldCopperZincTin
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold, Copper
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryTin
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsArgentite, Barite, Bornite, Bournonite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Kaolin, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1884
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10167860
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.9119, -107.69624
References
BASTIN, E.S.. 1923, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN Mountains, COLOrado: USGS BULL. 735-D, P. 98-108.BURBANK, W.S., 1947, Red Mountain District, Ouray County, in VANDERWILT, J.W., ed., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADOSTATE OF COLORADO MINeral Resources Board, p. 428-431.BURBANK, W.S., and Luedke, R.G., 1968, Geology and ore deposits of the western San Juan Mountains, Colorado, in Ore deposits of the united States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales v. 1): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), p. 715-733.CROSS, WHITMAN, 1935, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTER COLORADO: USGS BULL. 843, 121 P.KING, WM. H., and Allsman, P.T., 1950, RECONNAIssaNCE OF METAL MINING IN the San Juan region, Ouray, SAN JUAN AND MINERAL COUNTIES, Colorado: USBM IC-7554. 109 p.MOEHLMAN,ROBERT S., 1936, ORE DEPOSITION SOUTH OF OURAY, COLORADO, pt. 2: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, v. 31, no. 5, p. 488-504.NELSON, RAYmond, 1939, COLUSITE, ITS OCCURRENCE, PARAGENESIS, AND GENETIC SIGNIFICANCE: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, v. 24, P. 369-376.RANSOME, FREDERICK L., 1901, A REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULl. 182, 265 P.