Mine detail: El Plomo Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

38.3889, -105.34418

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc
Secondary:	Iron, Silver
Ore:	Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Grape Creek Fault, Ilse Fault, Horseshoe Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009629
DEP	10013372
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. 21-24}{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.