Mine detail: Porphyry Peak Alunite Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34251, -106.16282

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Aluminum, Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Alunite, Rutile
Gangue:	Jasper, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Porphyry Peak Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Porphyry Peak Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Bonanza Caldera
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Intense Solfataric Alteration

References

MRDS	D008956
DEP	10012933
Reference	BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, P
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.