Decatur Ne District

Producer in Rio Grande county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Asbestos, Aluminum, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000372
MRDS ID D010630
Record type District
Current site name Decatur Ne District
Alternate or previous names Jasper District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.4625, 37.41782 (WGS84)
Relative position CLAIMS LIE ALONG UPPER BURNT CREEK 1.5 TO 2 MILES NORTH OF JASPER, ALONG JASPER CREEK 1.5 MILES NW OF JASPER, AND ON NE SLOPE OF CORNWALLS NOSE SOUTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER 0.5 TO ONE MILE SW OF JASPER. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD UP ALAMOSA RIVER WEST FROM CAPULIN OR EAST FROM SUMMITVILLE AND PLATORO, AND BY TRAIL OVER BLOWOUT PASS AND DOWN SPRING CREEK SOUTH FROM DEL NORTE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR JASPER TOWNSITE (SE SW SEC. 29, T37N, R5E). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jasper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Rio Grande

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Asbestos Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.4625, 37.41782

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, CORNWALL FAULT, CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT, CORNWALL BLOCK, JASPER STOCK
Type of structure Regional
Structure description SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1874
Discoverer Andrew Johnson And Alva Adams
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name DECATUR NE DISTRICT
District name JASPER DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ERNEST MONCRIEFF
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner BALLANTYNE AND HOOK
    Home office JASPER
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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, SOUTHESATERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1976 CALDERAS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 958.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., AND STEVEN, 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.

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., 1968, ALUNITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO: US GPO, P. 155-157.

  • Deposit

    SANFORD, SAMUEL, AND STONE, R.W., 1914, USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 585, P. 39.

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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