Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Quartz Veins, Skarns
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gahnite, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Pegmatite,Calc-Silicate Schist · Migmatitic Gneiss
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1932
Identification
Deposit ID10101818
MRDS IDD009707
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.61973, -105.47614
References
HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 80-81.WOBUS, R. A., EPIS, R. C. AND SCOTT, G. R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1: 62,500.TRAVER, W. M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J. W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART III: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474.LOVERING, T. S. AND GODDARD, E. N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, P. 68-69.