Howes Gulch District

Larimer County, Colorado, United States

CopperGoldSilver

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Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typeVein

Deposit sizeS

Ore controlSheeting Or Banding Possibly Parallel To Schistosity

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Geology

Host rockGneiss · Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Amphibolite

Associated rockDiorite · Boulder Creek Granodiorite

StructureFront Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin, Thompson Anticline, Nw- And East-West-Trending Faults

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

AlterationFe Sulfide Oxidation

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Discovery year1873

Identification

Deposit ID10013977

MRDS IDD010557

Alternate namesSnow Drift, MS 13435, Bonita, Copper District, Claims: Empire, MS 5721, Eli 1-3, MS 13435, Grand View, MS 13435, Mona, MS 13435, Pilo T, MS 13452, Columbia, MS 13452, Copper Blossom, MS 13452, Unpate Nted Claims: Little Empire, Copper Boy 1-2, Copper King, Savannah, Elk, London, Maria, Merry Christmas, Moose

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates40.59109, -105.22559

References

LEE, H.A., 1899, REPORT ON COPPER DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORAD O: COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES MINE MGR. REPT., 1901, P. 231COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELE Y AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G.