Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryUranium, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding Planes And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite
GangueLimonite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Lyons Sandstone
StructureDenver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift, Rampart Range Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
AlterationFe And Mn Oxides; Alteration Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013253
MRDS IDD009447
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.91444, -104.88417
References
SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 288AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPTS. D-594 AND DEB-PR-247