Summitville District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000374
MRDS ID D010641
Record type District
Current site name Summitville District
Alternate or previous names Summit District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.5928, 37.43 (WGS84)
Relative position CLAIMS LIE ALONG WIGHTMAN FORK FROM HEADWATERS, THROUGH SUMMITVILLE, TO CONFLUENCE WITH ALAMOSA RIVER. MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES LIE ON NORTH AND NE SLOPES OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN JUST SW OF TOWN SOUTHWARD TO SADDLE BETWEEN SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND CROPSY MOUNTAIN. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE BY TRAIL UP WIGHTMAN FORK FROM ROAD ALONG ALAMOSA RIVER WEST THROUGH JASPER FROM CAPULIN AND NORTH FROM PLATORO; VIA ROAD SE UP PARK CREEK FROM US 160 SOUTH FROM SOUTH FORK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN ROAD INTERSECTION IN SUMMITVILLE (NW NW NE SEC. 30, T37N, R4E). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summitville(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
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.5928, 37.43

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE FAULT, SOUTH MOUNTAIN DOME
Type of structure Regional
Structure description SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer James L. Wightman, E. Baker, J. Cary French, Sylvester Reese, William Boran
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1971

Mining district

District name SUMMIT DISTRICT
District name SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner SUMMITVILLE, INC.
    Home office LAKEWOOD
    Year 1972
  • Type Operator
    Owner SUMMITVILLE, INC.
    Home office LAKEWOOD
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 2011-07-26 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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