Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead, Copper
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Gold, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Covellite
GangueAnkerite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Pegmatite,Porphyry · Idaho Springs Formation
Alteration"silicification and brecciation"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10165765
Alternate namesRuby adit, Elliott & Barber 1 & 2, Lincoln Group (Lincoln, South Lincoln, Josephine, Elliott and Barber), Platt, Josephine Shaft & Tunnel, Alma Lincoln
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.74971, -105.55031
References
{Deposit:: REF:MAS,OWNER:ROBERT H DELASHMUTT}{Deposit:: Spurr, J. E., Garrey, G. H., and Ball, S. H., 1908, Economic geology of the Georgetown quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 63, 422 p.}{Deposit:: Moench, R. H., and Drake, A. A., Jr., 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}