Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlE-W-Trending Faults; Quartz-Filled Fissure
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite,Plutonic Rock · Granodiorite
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Pleasant Valley Syncline, E-W-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Identification
Deposit ID10013830
MRDS IDD010352
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.64028, -105.97726
References
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 89