Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures In Gneiss
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Undivided Gneiss
StructureWet Mountains, Silver Cliff Colvanics/Graben, Wet Valley Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10101568
MRDS IDD004939
Alternate namesSkek Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.04815, -105.37885
References
USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE #45.3 SKEK CITY MINE 1942 FILE AT IFOC BLDG 20 DENVER FEDERAL CENTERVANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 degree QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.