Colorado · Costilla County
Past Producer

Blanca District

Costilla County, Colorado, United States
TungstenGoldSilverMolybdenumCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Gold, Silver
SecondaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typevein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Scheelite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite, Sylvanite, Calaverite, Hessite, Pearceite
GangueQuartz, Calcite, Ankerite, Barite, Adularia
Geology
Associated rockGneiss,Granodiorite
Structureveins
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10311019
Alternate namesSierra Blanca, Blanca Peak
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.57169, -105.48779
References
Ellis, C.E., Hannigan, B.J., and Thompson, J.R., 1983, U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA 65-83, 190 p.Vanderwilt, J.W., 1947, Mineral resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, 547 p.