Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault Displacing Metamorphics Against Limestones
Materials
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Limonite, Malachite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationFe Oxides, Cu Carbonates
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094665
MRDS IDD010890
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.71529, -107.71064
References
SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P.8-9, 20-21.CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 131.BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.