Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault, Later Less-Steep Cross-Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueBarite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockShale,Dolomite · Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
Associated rockGranite · Aplite Porphyry
StructureSawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
AlterationOxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013376
MRDS IDD009637
Alternate namesClaims: Alma M., Alpine, Ballarat, Bushwhacker, Chatfield, Della S., Fossil, General Jackson, J. C. Johnson, Last Chance, Fossil Fraction
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.19693, -106.80312
References
SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 189-192BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-DBLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1436, 1462, 3939, 3941, 3944, 4438, 6642, 7910, 6936