Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures, Schistosity Of Host Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsCuprite, Gold, Silver
GangueApatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Feldspar, Grossularite, Hornblende, Quartz, Scapolite, Tourmaline, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationSurface Rocks Highly Altered; Scapolitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10010864
MRDS IDD004891
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.50056, -105.96726
References
COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1901 1902SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.