Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults Cutting Poorly Cemented, Friable Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Wingate Sandstone
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
AlterationOxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014260
MRDS IDD010956
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39666, -108.9204
References
COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIU,M, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSTIS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 220.SHOEMAKER, E.M., 19568 GEOLOGIC MAP OF ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON, GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 588-593.