Colorado · Pitkin, Gunnison County
Occurrence

Difficult Creek District

Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
GoldCopperSilverManganese
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Description

Francis O. Wood Etal. (Claimant Of Franco Placer, Morning Call, Reveille, My Queen, Princess Claims)

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNe-Trending Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueMalachite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Biotite Gneiss And Migmatite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Pegmatite
StructureSawatch Uplift, Castle Creek Fault Zone, Grizzly Caldera
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationFe And Mn Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10013421
MRDS IDD009703
Alternate namesSee Last Page
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.04582, -106.73951
References
BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 120-122BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 7437,7438,8666,8880,9262,9844,9895,12220,12910,12911