La Veta District

Past Producer in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400259
Record type District
Current site name La Veta District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.9775, 37.3772 (WGS84)
Relative position center of mineralized area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Spanish Peaks Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.9775, 37.3772

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • thin veins in contact metamorphic zone around stocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name La Veta

Reference information

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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