Location: | Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.05723, -106.25727 |
dep_id: | 10013041 |
mrds_id: | D009117 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Trace mineral: | Molybdenum, Copper, Lead |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite |
alteration: | Gradationally Altered Zones Begin With High-Silica Jasperoid Breccia Pipes, Surrounded By Advanced Argillic Breccia And Volcanics, Then By Nonbrecciated Silicified Quartz Latite |
ore_ctrl: | Anomalous Cu-Pb-Zn Values Occur Primarily In Advanced Argillic Zone And Secondarily In Unaltered To Silicified Quartz Latite. Highest Values In Advanced Argillic Breccias. Anomalous Mo Associated With Advanced Argillic And High-Silica Alteration Zone |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Conejos Formation |
hrock_type: | Andesite |
arock_unit: | Conejos Formation |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift, Unnamed Normal Faults, Small Horsts And Grabens |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
References: |
- NEWMAN, J.W., 1976, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TRACY CANYON AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 106 P
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