Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model24: Carbonatite
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Galena
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockGranite · Syenite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Small Shear Zones
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10013359
MRDS IDD009602
Alternate namesHellgate Gulch Open Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.30279, -105.3489
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. 87-90TAYLOR, 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.