Location: | Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.38836, -104.97611 |
dep_id: | 10011637 |
mrds_id: | D006681 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Trace mineral: | Gold, Lead, Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Prospect |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz, Siderite |
model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
ore_ctrl: | Radial Dikes And Fractures In Metamorphosed Sediments Around W. Spanish Peak Stock |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Huerfano Formation;Cuchara Formation |
hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate |
arock_unit: | Syenodiorite Porphyry |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | La Veta Syncline, Raton Basin Trough |
tectonic: | Boundary Between Central Platform And Southern Rocky Mtns. Uplift (Central Cordillera) |
References: |
- Deposit:: HILLS, R.C., 1901, DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH PEAKS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 71.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-G.
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