Location: | Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.88891, -105.62169 |
dep_id: | 10012948 |
mrds_id: | D008978 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Minor mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite |
gangue: | Quartz |
model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
alteration: | silicification |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D., Beach, Richard A. |
hrock_unit: | Granodiorite Gneiss |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
arock_unit: | Diabase |
arock_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) |
References: |
- 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- Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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