Colorado · Costilla County
Past Producer

El Plomo District

Costilla County, Colorado, United States
GoldSilverLeadCopperZincMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins281: Gold on flat faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10311029
Alternate namesRito Seco district, San Luis
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.25447, -105.33945
References
Benson, R.G., 1997, Detachment fault-related mineralization in a rift setting at the San Luis gold deposit and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Alamosa, Costilla, and Saguache Counties, Colorado: Golden, Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. dissertation, 226 p.Vanderwilt, J.W., 1947, Mineral resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, 547 p.VAN DEIST, E.C., AND VAN DEIST, P.H., 1898, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLO.: COLO, SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 5, P. 76-80.Benson, R.G., and Jones, D.M., 1994, Geology of the San Luis gold deposit: New developments, Costilla County, Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, SME Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 9 p.GUNTHER, C.G., 1905, THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF PLOMO, SAN LUIS PARK, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 1, P. 143-154.WEILKINSON, BRUCE, 1981, GOLD LODE STUDIED IN COSTILLA COUNTY: DENVER POST, 6/14/81, P. 46.EPLER, BILL. SAN LUIS GOLD - BMG'S NEW PRODUCER IS UP & RUNNING, PAYDIRT MAG. (ROCKY MT ED), MAY 1991, PP 4A-6AWallace, A.R., and Soulliere, S.J., 1996, Geologic map of the Ojito Peak quadrangle, Costilla County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2312-B, scale 1:24,000.Kirkham, R.M., Shaver, K.C., Lindsay, N.R., and Wallace, A.R., 2003, Geologic map of the Taylor Ranch quadrangle, Costilla County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-15, scale 1:24,000, 30 p.GOLD DEPOSIT, COSTILLA CO, COLORADO. GOLD '90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AIME OF THE GOLD '90 SYMPOSIUM, SALT LAKE CITY,