Summitville District

The Summitville District is a gold, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Rio Grande county, Colorado.

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Mine Info

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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

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Workings

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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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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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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