Mine detail: Deadman Creek Prospect

Previously called 'Deadman Creek areaAbermin projectUnnamed MinesUnknown'

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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  • Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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