Colorado · Huerfano County
Occurrence

Maes Creek Prospects

Huerfano County, Colorado, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Alaskitic Granite
Associated rockPhonolite · Silicic Stocks, Sole Injection, Plugs, And Dikes
StructureWet Mountains Uplift, Greenhorn Anticline, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087876
MRDS IDD010573
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.8628, -105.0625
References
BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 26-83, p. 4, pl. 1.Toth and others, 1983, Mineral resource investigation of the Greenhorn Mountian Wilderness study area, Huerfano and Pueblo Counties, Colorado: USGS Open File Report 83-473, p. 7.JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.