Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gemstone
SecondaryTungsten, Zinc, Lead, Copper
TertiaryGold, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsRhodochrosite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Other materialsApatite
Geology
Host rockGranite,Granitic Gneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1876
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10008726
MRDS IDD001076
Alternate namesSweet Home Lode and Pulaski Lode (Patents 106 and 107)
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.31229, -106.1184
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO, P.70.Moore, Thomas, and others, 1998, The Sweet Home mine: The Mineralogical Record, v. 29, no. 4, p. 1-153.USGS Circular 294, 1953, Results of reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in parts of the Alma District, Park County, Colorado.REF. NO. 3