Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc, Lead
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Ilse Fault; Brecciated Shear Zone 3 Ft Wide, Strikes Due East; Horseshoe Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10087786
MRDS IDD009632
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39057, -105.35501
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. 25-29TAYLOR, 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.