Mine detail: Blue Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.94056, -105.35252

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Magnetite, Muscovite
Orebody form:	LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Biotite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss,Granite
Associated rock:	Pikes Peak Granite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills, Lake George Ring Dike Complex
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Alteration processes:	Migmatization

References

MRDS	D009185
DEP	10013088
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A. 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.