Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Bismuth, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNe-Trending Pegmatites; Intersections Or Divergences Of Branch Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Muscovite, Pyrite, Uranophane
GangueBiotite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss;Granitic Gneiss
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationFe Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101853
MRDS IDD010395
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.69387, -105.62977
References
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 286.PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE-BIG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210.HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 104.