Ute District

The Ute District is a silver and gold mine located in Conejos county, Colorado.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Ute District
Secondary: Platoro District

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Conejos
District: PLATORO DISTRICT

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: UNION MINES
Home Office: LAKEWOOD
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: UNION MINES
Home Office: LAKEWOOD
Info Year: 1982

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: VEIN, PIPE, DISSEMINATION, REPLACEMENT
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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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, PLATORO FAULT ZONE, CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: PROPYLITIC
Alteration Text: PROPYLITIC ALTERATION OF LA JARA CANYON TUFF WITHIN CALDERA PROBABLY RELATED TO UNTRUSION OF ALAMOSA RIVER STOCK, RHYODACITE PORPHYRY STOCK, AND VENT AREA OF FISHER GULCH RHYODACITE. PROPYLITIC ALTERATION IN VERA BRECCIA PIPE; SERICITIZATION IN DEE STOCK. ALTERATION RELATED TO MINERALIZATION RESTRICTED TO LOCAL ARGILLIC SELVAGES AND SILICIFICATION ALONG QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS; FE OXIDATION (HEMATITE STAINING)

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINNING 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): WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 52.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1975, EVOLUTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND RELATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 852.

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

Reference (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.

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.

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