Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryTungsten, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlGreisenized Rocks; Localized By Fissures, Contacts, Favorable Rock Units
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite, Silver
GangueFluorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Siderite, Topaz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockPegmatite · Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
StructureTarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Tappan M Ountain Stock, Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationGreisenization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1921
Last production1921
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10013954
MRDS IDD010528
Alternate namesApex Copper Company Mine, Patented Claims: Apex, Kanesko, Unpatent Ed Claims: Rosella, Little May, Apex No. 2, Apex No. 7
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.04167, -105.39475
References
HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEOR GE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO RADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6828, P. 25-34.HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597 , 18 P.HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY O F THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO RADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDU STRIES BULLETIN, V. 6, NO. 3, 15P.WORCESTER, P.G. 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETI N 14, P. 73-74.