Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead
SecondaryThorium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlShear Zone; Faults, Fault Intersections
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Thorite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockGranitoid
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Shear Zone Strikes N 55-60 W, Dips Vertically; "Mill Creek" Fault; Offshoots Of Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationKaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Last production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10013528
MRDS IDD009878
Alternate namesSee: Hellgate Claims, Bear Claims Old Conac Property, Wagner-Grape Creek Lode, Dawson gold project, Copper King Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39168, -105.33113
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. 87-90TAYLOR, 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, 1:62,500USBM MINERAL EXAMINATION FILECONSV. DIVISION COMP. DATE, 1, 64VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 85-86.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related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 1:1,000,000Heinrich, E.W., 1981, Precambrian tungsten and copper-zinc skarn deposits of south-central Colorado: Colorado Geological survey Resource Series 21, 115 p.VANDERWILT, 1947