Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Malachite, Silver
GangueBiotite, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockGranodiorite,Diorite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Shear Zone (Gossan); Main Fault Strikes N 75 E, Dips 60-85 Se; Webster Park Graben; Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Last production1902
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10013374
MRDS IDD009634
Alternate namesCopper Boy 1902, Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3889, -105.29613
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. 56-58TAYLOR, 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.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 1:1,000,000Heinrich, E.W., 1981, Precambrian tungsten and copper-zinc skarn deposits of south-central Colorado: Colorado Geological survey Resource Series 21, 115 p.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.COKER, 1982