Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryZinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Gahnite, Gold, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Amphibolite · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Slickensides Strike N 40 W; Green Mountain Fault (Trends Nw); Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Last production1954
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10013371
MRDS IDD009628
Alternate namesCopper Boy Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.36751, -105.39474
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. 30-34TAYLOR, 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.RAYMOND, W. H. AND SHERIDAN, D. M., 1980, DATA ON SOME STRATABOUND PRECAMBRIAN DEPOSITS CONTAINING ZINC, COPPER, LEAD, SILVER, AND GOLD IN THE ROYAL GORGE 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OFR 80-833, 8 P.HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 81-82.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000.COKER, 1982