Description
John Hughes And Others (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite
Associated rockDiorite,Rhyolite,Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite
StructureSawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Arkansas Valley Graben, Twin Lakes Batholith, Grizzly Peak Cauldron, Mt Elbert Volcanotectonic Depression, Lincoln Gulch Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationQuartz-Sericite, Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite, Argillic, Fe Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10087867
MRDS IDD010416
Alternate namesClaims: Ruby 1-4, Ms 12174
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.01999, -106.60701
References
CRUSON, M.G., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GRIZZLY PEAK CAULDRON COMPLEX, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PH.D. THESIS T-1538.HOWELL, J.V., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN LAKES DISTRICT OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 17, 106 P.USBM MIN. EXAM FILE