The La Veta District is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado.
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La Veta District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Veta District
Secondary: Bulls Eye
Secondary: Courthouse Vein System
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: before 1908
Material type: ore
Year: 1908
Time Period: 1870? - 1908
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Spanish Peaks intrusives.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 22.900000+-2.000000
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Richest veins are hosted in contact metamorphosed Tertiary sedimentary clastic rocks. A few veinlets are present in the augite-bearing syenodiorite.
Comment (Location): Located on the east side of West Spanish Peak.
Comment (Production): Small past production.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Moderate potential for small, mineralized veins containing gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc (Budding and Kluender, 1983).
References
Reference (Deposit): Vanderwilt, J.W., 1947, Mineral resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, 547 p.
Reference (Geology): JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-G
Reference (Geology): HILLS, R.C., 1901, DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH PEAKS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 71
Reference (Geology): Budding and Lawrence, 1983, USGS MF-1542-B,C
Reference (Geology): Kluender, 1983, USBM MLA-58-83
Reference (Deposit): CARRAWAY, D.S., 1899, REPORT ON THE SPANISH PEAK GROUP OF MINING CLAIMS: COLO. STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 6 P
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