Colorado · Rio Grande County
Past Producer

Summitville District

Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States
SilverLeadCopperGoldAluminumMolybdenumZinc
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Description

James L. Wightman, E. Baker, J. Cary French, Sylvester Reese, William Boran

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Copper, Gold
TertiaryAluminum, Molybdenum, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN, DISSEMINATION, PIPE, WEATHERING RESIDUAL, PLACER
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
Geology
StructurePLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE FAULT, SOUTH MOUNTAIN DOME, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Last production1971
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID60000374
MRDS IDD010641
Alternate namesSummit District
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.43, -106.5928
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 343.LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA CCOMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1976 CALDERAS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FILED, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 958LIPMAN, P.W., AND ATEVEN, T.A., 1970 RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLATORO CALDERA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-C, P. C19-C29.HILLS, R.C., 1885, ORE DEPOSITS OF SUMMIT DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 1, P. 20-37PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 208-210BIRD, W.H., 1972, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: MTN. GEOLOGIST, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 379-387.SHARP,W.N., AND GUALTIERI, J.L., 1968, LEAD, COPPER, MOLYBDENUM, AND ZINC GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES SOUTH OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS CIRC. 557, 7 P.LIPMAN, P/W/, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.Gray, John E., and Coolbaugh, Mark F., 1994, Geology and geochemistry of Summitville, Colorado; an epithermal acid sulfate deposit in a volcanic dome: Economic Geology, v. 89, p. 1906-1923.Gray, John E., Coolbaugh, Mark F., Plumlee, Geoffrey S., and Atkinson, William W., 1994, Environmental geology of the Summitville Mine, Colorado: Economic Geology, v. 89, p. 2006-2014.Gray, J.E., Coolbaugh, M.F., and Plumlee, G.S., 1993, Geologic framework and environmental geology of the Summitville, Colorado acid-sulfate mineral deposit: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 93-0677, 29 p.