Colorado · Custer County
Past Producer
Pocahontas Mine
Custer County, Colorado, United States
Silver
Copper
Barium-Barite
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Copper
Secondary
Barium-Barite
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Model
30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Thorite, Galena
Gangue
Barite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss · Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
Structure
Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones, Faults
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10010877
MRDS ID
D004924
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
38.10473, -105.28946
References
MINOBRASBROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GO-596, 1:24,000.