Commodities
TertiaryIron, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNw-Trending Fault
Materials
GangueApatite, Augite, Biotite, Labradorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sillimanite
Geology
Host rockDiabase · Diabase Dike;Metasedimentary Rocks Undivided
Associated rockDiabase · Diabase Dike;Silver Plume Granite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Silver Plume Batholith, Boulder Creek Batholith, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSericitization Of Plagioclase In Wallrock; Chloritization Of Pyrox Ene; Limonite Replacement Of Augite And Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013978
MRDS IDD010558
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.39359, -105.6956
References
WAHLSTROM, E.E., 1956, PETROLOGY AND WEATHERING OF THE IRON DIKE, B OULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 67, NO. 2, P. 147 -163.BOOS, M.F., AND BOOS, C.M., 1933, IRON DIKE (ABS.): GSA BULL., V. 4 4, P. 73.CRAWFORD, R.D., 1908, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SUGARLOAF DISTRI CT: UNIV. COLORADO STUDIES, V. 6, P. 97-131.LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1938, LARAMIDE IGNEOUS SEQUENCE AND DIFFERENTIATION IN THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 49, P. 35-68.