Colorado · Saguache County
Occurrence
Unnamed Alunite Occurrence
Saguache County, Colorado, United States
Aluminum
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Commodities
Primary
Aluminum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Materials
Ore minerals
Alunite
Gangue
Chlorite, Diaspore, Epidote, Quartz
Other materials
Kaolin
Geology
Host rock
Rhyolite · Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
Associated rock
Rhyolite · Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
Structure
Bonanza Caldera, Greenback Gulch Volcanic Neck, Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration
Silicification, Sericitization, Solfataric Alteration
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10090904
MRDS ID
D008957
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
38.25529, -106.11921
References
BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, P