Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
GangueGahnite, Cordierite, Garnet, Pyroxene
Other materialsAmphibole
Geology
Host rockAmphibolite,Calc-Silicate Schist
Associated rockGranite,Migmatite · San Isabel Granite
StructureNE-striking sulfide lenses
Alterationcalc-silicate host rocks within gneiss.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10166864
MRDS IDDC02534
Alternate namesMarion Mines Inc.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.98562, -105.09166
References
VANDERWILT, J. W., 19478 MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000.Heinrich, E.W., 1981, Precambrian tungsten and copper-zinc skarn deposits of south-central Colorado: Colorado Geological survey Resource Series 21, 115 p.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.JOHNSON, R. B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558, 1:250,000.