Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock,Metavolcanic Rock · "schist", "gneiss"
Associated rockGranodiorite
Alterationsulfide mineralization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10311030
Alternate namesCopper King Mine, Dawson Mountain-Surprise Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38973, -105.3039
References
Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related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 1:1,000,000Heinrich, E.W., 1981, Precambrian tungsten and copper-zinc skarn deposits of south-central Colorado: Colorado Geological survey Resource Series 21, 115 p.Vanderwilt, J.W., 1947, Mineral resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, 547 p.TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.