Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryStone, Crushed/Broken
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Gold, Cobalt
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNw-Trending Breccia Reef
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Malachite, Willemite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Idaho Springs Formation---Migmatite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone, Floyd Hill-Bergen Park Fracture Zone, Yankee Creek Pluton
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1966
Identification
Deposit ID10101840
MRDS IDD010219
Alternate namesAugusta Lode Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.61749, -105.3178
References
BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CONIFER QUADRANGLE, JEFEERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-597LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO.: USGS BULL. 340, P. 157-174.AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 58-59LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 67-68, 279POUGH, F.H., 1941, THE OCCURRENCE OF WILLEMITE: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 26, NO. 2, P. 92-102HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3-COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. C13, C56.MINOBRAS [copied from deleted record 10288633 = MAS 0080590026]