Commodities
PrimaryLead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL VEIN
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlFAULTS, WALL ROCK
Geology
StructureFISSURES AND VEINS. CRESCENTIC FAULTS OUTLINE THE CENTRAL BLOCKS OF THE SILVERTON CALDERA., NORTH SIDE OF THE SILVERTON CALDERA ALONG A NORTHEAST-TRENDING GRABEN (EXTENDS FROM THE SILVERTON CALDERA TO THE LAKE CITY CALDERA IN HINSDALE COUNTY.) PART OF THE DISTRICT EXTENDS INTO THE CENTRAL DOWNFAULTED BLOCK OF THE SILVERTON CALDERA.
AlterationSILICIC, SERICITIC, PROPYLITIC
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID60000402
MRDS IDDC00025
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates37.87501, -107.54253
References
SHARPS, 1963: CSM MIN. IND. BULL, V.6, NO. 6.MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.BARTOS, PAUL J., 1993, GOLD-RICH AND GOLD-POOR QUARTZ-BASE METAL VEINS, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: THE MINERAL POINT AREA AS AN EXAMPLE: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, 7 P.KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.