REF:Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.
Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN
Commodities (Major) - Silver
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Willow Cr Mbr Of Bachelor Mtn Rhyolite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Mammoth Fault
Host Rock: Rhyolite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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ⓘ Rhyolite

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