Colorado · Custer County
Producer
Colorado Zinc Company Mine
Custer County, Colorado, United States
Lead
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Syncline?
Materials
Ore minerals
Galena, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rock
Claystone,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone · Dakota Sandstone And Purgatoire Formation;Fort Hays Limestone Member, Niobrara Formation; Carlile Shale; Greenhorn Limestone; Graneros Shale
Structure
Wet Mountains, Alternating Synclines And Anticlines, Trending Nw And Plunging To North
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10107935
MRDS ID
D004866
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
38.21084, -105.09195
References
TAYLOR, R.B. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WETMORE QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-548, 1:24,000