| Deposit ID | 10014099 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010729 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Glacier Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claims: Glacier, MS 16214, Tanana, MS 16214, Yukon, MS 16214, Chilkat, MS 16214, Unpatented Claims: Amazon, Silver Bell, Free Coinage |
| Related records | 10264060 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.50143, 37.34113 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3011 |
| Relative position | 1.9 MILES S 68 E FROM PLATORO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Conejos(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Platoro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Conejos(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Conejos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 036N | 004E | 24,25 | NE OF SW (24); W2 OF E2 (25); E2 OF W2 (25) | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Digenite | Ore |
| Electrum | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Miargyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Zinkenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 154 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25e |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
| Mark3 model number | 38 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff | ||||||
| Rock description | La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff | ||||||
| Rock description | La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff | ||||||
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| (1) | -106.50143, 37.34113 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Volcanic Field |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Charles S. Barnes (Claimant) |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | Ute (Platoro) District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Glacier Group |
| First year | 1920 |
| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.1 Oz/Ton Au, 8 Oz/Ton Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010729 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080210016 |
PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
BIRD, 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.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16214
BIRD, W.H., 1973, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND ITS RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1440.
COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE LIES IN AXELL DISTRICT AND DEVELOPS N TO NW-TRENDING ARCUATE FAULT THAT INTERSECTS THE GENERALLY N 55 E-TRENDING CALIFORNIA GULCH (MAJOR DAWN) FAULT ABOUT 0.45 MILE SOUTH OF MINE (AS MAPPED BY BIRD, 1973). HOST FAULT APPEARS TO BE PART OF BIRD'S NW SYSTEM OF FAULTS AND FRACTURES REFLECTING NW TREND OF PLATORO FAULT ZONE WITHIN CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK. SOUTH PART OF FAULT AT INTERSECTION WITH CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT HAS STRONG NORTHERLY COMPONENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE RESURGENT RADIAL FAULTS. AS CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT IS MAJOR SE-BOUNDING FAULT OF CORNWALL BLOCK, IT IS PROBABLY DEEP ENOUGH TO HAVE TAPPED UNDERLYING MAGMA CHAMBER, THUS PROVIDING CONDUIT FOR MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS. SOUTH PART OF GLACIER HOST FAULT MAY HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED THROUGH ITS INTERSECTION WITH CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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