Commodities
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlAnomalous Cu-Pb-Zn Values Occur Primarily In Advanced Argillic Zone And Secondarily In Unaltered To Silicified Quartz Latite. Highest Values In Advanced Argillic Breccias. Anomalous Mo Associated With Advanced Argillic And High-Silica Alteration Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite · Conejos Formation
Associated rockQuartz Latite · Conejos Formation
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Unnamed Normal Faults, Small Horsts And Grabens
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationGradationally Altered Zones Begin With High-Silica Jasperoid Breccia Pipes, Surrounded By Advanced Argillic Breccia And Volcanics, Then By Nonbrecciated Silicified Quartz Latite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013053
MRDS IDD009136
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.0489, -106.26616
References
NEWMAN, J.W., 1976, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TRACY CANYON AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 106 P