The Summitville District is a gold, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Rio Grande county, Colorado.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.43, -106.59280
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Summitville District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summitville District
Secondary: Summit District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Rio Grande
District: SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: SUMMITVILLE, INC.
Home Office: LAKEWOOD
Info Year: 1972
Owner Name: SUMMITVILLE, INC.
Home Office: LAKEWOOD
Info Year: 1972
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: VEIN, DISSEMINATION, PIPE, WEATHERING RESIDUAL, PLACER
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1971
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD
Type: L
Description: PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE FAULT, SOUTH MOUNTAIN DOME
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): HILLS, R.C., 1885, ORE DEPOSITS OF SUMMIT DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 1, P. 20-37
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1976 CALDERAS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FILED, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 958
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., AND ATEVEN, 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.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA CCOMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 343.
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P/W/, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP,W.N., AND GUALTIERI, J.L., 1968, LEAD, COPPER, MOLYBDENUM, AND ZINC GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES SOUTH OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, RIO GRANDE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS CIRC. 557, 7 P.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): Gray, J.E., Coolbaugh, M.F., and Plumlee, G.S., 1993, Geologic framework and environmental geology of the Summitville, Colorado acid-sulfate mineral deposit: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 93-0677, 29 p.
Pages: 29 p.
Reference (Deposit): Gray, John E., Coolbaugh, Mark F., Plumlee, Geoffrey S., and Atkinson, William W., 1994, Environmental geology of the Summitville Mine, Colorado: Economic Geology, v. 89, p. 2006-2014.
Pages: p. 2006-2014.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 208-210
Reference (Deposit): Gray, John E., and Coolbaugh, Mark F., 1994, Geology and geochemistry of Summitville, Colorado; an epithermal acid sulfate deposit in a volcanic dome: Economic Geology, v. 89, p. 1906-1923.
Pages: p. 1906-1923.
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