Description
John R. Galloway And A.C. Hamilton (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFault Cutting Poorly Cemented, Friable Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Wingate Sandstone
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
AlterationOxidation Of Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10087937
MRDS IDD010957
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Sunrise, Ms 16001
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.40193, -108.92568
References
COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS FO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 220.SHOEMAKER, E.M., 19568 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 588-593.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16001