Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Malachite, Silver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Webster Park Graben, Ese-Trending Fault/Shear Zone; Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1901
Last production1908
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10087787
MRDS IDD009635
Alternate namesDawson Mtn Workings, Copper King Claims Patented, Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39057, -105.30251
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. 10-14TAYLOR, 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.Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.USBM RECORDS