Mine detail: Ophir Creek Claims

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.03641, -105.14334
dep_id: 10009736
mrds_id: D002892
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Cerargyrite, Gold
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Silicification, Sericitization, Pyritization
ore_ctrl: Ne-Trending Fault
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Deer Peak Volcanics, Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphryr;Deer Peak Volcanics, Breccia Pipe Of Porphyry And Gneiss
hrock_type: Rhyodacite
Structure: Deer Peak Volcanics, Wet Mountains, Ne-Trending Fault, Breccia Pipe
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
References:
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: UAFA MP I-870, 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1975, POST-PALEOCENE TERTIARY ROCKS AND QUATERNARY VOLCANIC ASH OF THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 868, 15 P.
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