Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueAnthophyllite, Calcite, Cordierite, Garnet, Quartz, Sillimanite, Spinel
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Biotite Gneiss
Associated rockRhyolite,Basalt · Rocks Of Guffey Volcanic Center; Basalt Dikes, Tuff And Tuff Breccia
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1932
Last production1960
Identification
Deposit ID10016084
MRDS IDDC00344
Alternate namesLone Chimney Mine, Betty Lowe
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.73833, -105.56447
References
DMEA RECORDSDOC. 3484, AND DOC. 10,080, MICROFILM COMM. FILES, MIN. DEP. BRANCHHEINRICH, E.W., AND BEVER, J.E., 1957 OCCURENCES OF SILLIMANITE-GROUP MINERALS IN PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORRADO; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY VOL. 52, NO. 4 P. 46-47.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,645) BEVER, J.E., 1953, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY REGION, COLORADO; AMERICAN MINERALOGIST VOL. 38 NO 1 & 2 P 138-141.6) LOVERING, T.S. AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE COLORADO; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223 P. 69-707) BEVER, J.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE GUFFEY AREA, COLORADO; UNIV OF MICH PHD THEESISHEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P. 00EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.