Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryTungsten, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Huebnerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Idaho Springs Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10090563
MRDS IDD000466
Alternate namesNorth Star
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.37916, -106.10338
References
SINGEWALD, 1947, LODE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT CO.: MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO.SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1951, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 970, 74 P.VOEGELI AND KING, 1969, USGS-WSP 1535-N.WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE A:50,000.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.MINE MAP REPO #403510