Mine detail: Temple Canyon Prospect

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.40501, -105.31974
dep_id: 10013361
mrds_id: D009605
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Silver
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
ore_ctrl: Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
arock_unit: Granodiorite;Gabbro
arock_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)
References:
  • 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.
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