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Prospect

Poverty Mountain Road Prospect

Fremont County, Colorado, United States
Silver
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Commodities
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
GangueBiotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatite Gneiss
Associated rockGranodiorite,Lamprophyre
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Shear Zone, Nw-Trending Fault And Shear Zones
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10087780
MRDS IDD009617
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.40557, -105.47697
References
COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 94-95TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.