Glacier Mine, Platoro District (Ute District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 20' 28'' North , 106° 30' 3'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 37.34111,-106.50083 |
REF:Patented Claims: Glacier; MS 16214; Tanana; MS 16214; Unpatented Claims: Amazon; Chilkat; MS 16214; Free Coinage; Yukon; MS 16214; Silver Bell
Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: US
Commodities (Major) - Silver, Gold; (Minor) - Lead, Copper; (Trace) - Molybdenum, Zinc, Antimony
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Host Rock Unit: Summitville Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block
Host Rock: Quartz Latite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Mineral List
12 valid minerals.
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Oligocene 23.03 - 33.9 Ma | Ash-flow tuff of main volcanic sequence Age: Oligocene (23.03 - 33.9 Ma) Description: Includes many named units Lithology: Major:{volcanic} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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