Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueChrysocolla, Malachite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite · Idaho Springs Formation-Interlayered Feldspar-Rich Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite, And Biotite Gneiss;Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Black Hawk Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094628
MRDS IDD010215
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.72221, -105.33114
References
SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-ALOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 70