Mine detail: Pocahontas Mine

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.10473, -105.28946
dep_id: 10010877
mrds_id: D004924
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Thorite, Galena
gangue: Barite, Pyrite
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Reporter: Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones, Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
References:
  • Deposit:: MINOBRAS
  • Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GO-596, 1:24,000.
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