Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlIntersection Of Fault With Magnetite-Garnet Gneiss
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Tenorite, Torbernite, Uranophane
GangueGarnet, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Amphibolite,Pegmatite · Migmatite
Associated rockDiabase,Pegmatite,Granite · Pikes Peak Granite;Basic Dike
StructureKennedy Gulch Fault Zone, Billiken Fault, Black Knight Fault, Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10013756
MRDS IDD010218
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.46666, -105.21891
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 190-191.PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.MOORE, F.B., 1964, BLACK KNIGHT AND BILLIKEN LODES, IN SIMS, P.K., AND SHERIDAN, D.M., GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1159, P. 101.