Mine detail: Deadman Creek Prospect

Previously called 'Deadman Creek areaAbermin projectUnnamed MinesUnknown'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.88891, -105.62169

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Granodiorite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Diabase
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault, Small Thrust Fault Remnants, Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	silicification

References

MRDS	D008978
DEP	10012948
Reference	{Deposit:: CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-76}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Beach, Richard A.