Mine detail: Temple Canyon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.40501, -105.31974

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Silver

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Granodiorite;Gabbro
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Gabbro,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Granodiorite Cut By Metasilicate Sill; Ene- And Nne- Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDSD009605
DEP10013361
Reference{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 96-97}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.