Lat / long: | 37.88891, -105.62169 |
Primary: | Gold |
Secondary: | Copper |
Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite |
Gangue: | Quartz |
Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Yes |
Development status: | Past Producer |
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 |
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COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-76}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.} |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. |