Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlDikes, Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite (Whitehorn Stock)
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Pleasant Valley Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013836
MRDS IDD010358
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.66111, -105.90531
References
VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 87.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.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., WOBUS, R.A., 1978