Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryUranium, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model32: Pegmatites271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gahnite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Uraninite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Garnet
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Pegmatite · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockGranodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Horseshoe Fault, Major Fault With Trend Ene, Cut By Small, Local Shears, Minor Folding; Webster Park Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Last production1947
Identification
Deposit ID10087784
MRDS IDD009627
Alternate namesSchool Section Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3914, -105.32918
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. 15-20TAYLOR, 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.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, 8P.NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 151.COKER, 1982; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978.