Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
SecondaryIron, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Sphalerite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Grape Creek Fault, Ilse Fault, Horseshoe Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013372
MRDS IDD009629
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3889, -105.34418
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. 21-24TAYLOR, 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.