Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Geology
Host rockAmphibolite
Associated rockMigmatite,Granite · San Isabel Granite
StructureENE-striking sulfide zones
Alterationcalc-silicate assemblage
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10311018
Alternate namesGreenhorn
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.9828, -105.09917
References
Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, Colorado Geological Survey unpublished dataHeinrich, E.W., 1981, Precambrian tungsten and copper-zinc skarn deposits of south-central Colorado: Colorado Geological survey Resource Series 21, 115 p.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.Raymond, W.H., Leiggi, P.A., and Sheridan, D.M., 1980, Sapphirine in Precambrian rocks associated with stratabound sulfide deposits, Custer County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1513, 22 p.