Commodities
TertiaryTitanium, Metal, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMetamorphic
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGahnite, Rutile
GangueApatite, Sillimanite, Topaz, Zircon
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Rutile-Bearing Gneisses;Interlayered Hornblende Gneiss, Calc-Silicate Gneiss, And Amphibolite
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone, Floyd Hill Fault Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10090176
MRDS IDD010181
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.68832, -105.39948
References
SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1968, RUTILE AND TOPAZ IN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS, JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS CIRC. 567.SHERIDAN, D.M., AND MARSH, S.P., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SQUAW PASS QUADRANGLE, CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, AND GILPIN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1337.