Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Shaft On Shear Zone; E-W-Trending Fault; Near Webster Park Graben, Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10087783
MRDS IDD009625
Alternate namesRocky Mountain Boy Claims Patented Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39723, -105.32474
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. 71-73TAYLOR, 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, COLORAD; USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.RAYMOND, W. H. AND SHERIDAN, D. M., 1980, DATA ON SOME STRATABOUND PRECAMBRIAN. DEPOSITS CONTAINING ZINC, COPPER, LEAD, SILVER AND GOLD IN THE ROYAL GORGE 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OFR 80-833, 8 P.