Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typebreccia pipe
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formCHIMNEY OR FUNNEL-SHAPED
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueSiderite
Geology
Host rockMonzonite · Monzonite Porphyry
StructureSierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
AlterationIron Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011668
MRDS IDD006742
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.62002, -105.2575
References
PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2