Ute District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000376
MRDS ID D010735
Record type District
Current site name Ute District
Alternate or previous names Platoro District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.5334, 37.35172 (WGS84)
Relative position DISTRICT SITUATED ON CONEJOS RIVER AT PLATORO, AT PLATORO RESERVOIR, AND IN DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN FOREST KING MOUNTAIN AND MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN. DEPOSITS PRESENT ALSO IN LAKE FORK DRAINAGE FROM BIG LAKE SE TO CONEJOS RIVER CONFLUENCE. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE VIA ROAD UP CONEJOS RIVER WEST AND NORTH FROM ANTONITO AND VIA ROAD UP ALAMOSA RIVER FROM CAPULIN, THROUGH JASPER, AND OVER STUNNER PASS. DISTRICT ALSO EXTENDS ONTO RED MOUNTAIN QUAD. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF PLATORO (S2 SE SEC. 15, T36N, R4E, SECTIONS PROJECTED INTO UNSURVEYED AREA). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST : 1975

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Conejos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) PROPYLITIC

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) -106.5334, 37.35172

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, PLATORO FAULT ZONE, CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT
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 Metallic
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1974

Mining district

District name UTE DISTRICT
District name PLATORO DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner UNION MINES
    Home office LAKEWOOD
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner UNION MINES
    Home office LAKEWOOD
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINNING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.

  • 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, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    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

    WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS

  • Deposit

    HAMMEN, C.W., AND WUENSCH, C.E., 1914, THE PLATORO DISTRICT, COLORADO--ITS TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, MINES, AND ORES: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-468.

Beyond USGS

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

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