Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model24: Carbonatite
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones; Joints, Fractures In Competent Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Malachite, Silver
GangueGarnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Ne-Trending Shears Contain Barite
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10013357
MRDS IDD009599
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.27945, -105.27974
References
COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 47-49TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.