Mine detail: Unnamed Prospect

Previously called 'Courthouse Vein System'

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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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