Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNnw-Trending Block Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Quartz Latite · Quartz Latite Porphyry (Sawmill Plug);Diorite (Twin Lakes Batholith)
Associated rockDiorite,Rhyolite,Quartz Latite · Quartz Latite Porphyry (Sawmill Plug);Diorite (Twin Lakes Batholith)
StructureSawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Arkansas Valley Graben, Twin Lakes Batholith, Grizzly Peak Cauldron, Mt Elbert Volcanotectonic Depression, Lincoln Gulch Stock, Sawmill Plug
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationQuartz-Sericite-Pyrite, Quartz-Sericite, Argillic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013877
MRDS IDD010417
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.03193, -106.61534
References
CRUSON, M.G., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GRIZZLY PEAK CAULDRON COMPLEX, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PH.D. THESIS T-1538.HOWELL, J.V., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN LAKES DISTRICT OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 17, 106 P.