Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlWall Rock Controll
Materials
GangueAnthophyllite, Apatite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Cordierite, Diopside, Magnetite, Quartz, Sillimanite, Sphene, Spinel, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Migmatitic Gneiss Idaho Springs Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Crek Age
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1932
Last production1932
Identification
Deposit ID10010873
MRDS IDD004913
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.70639, -105.56891
References
LOVERING AND GODDARD 1950 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLO. USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223 P. 69.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.