Location: | Pitkin County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 39.1911, -106.80701 |
dep_id: | 10013381 |
mrds_id: | D009643 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper |
Trace mineral: | Manganese |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
gangue: | Barite |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Near-Complete Oxidation Of Zn Ore; Dolomitization; Ferration, |
conc_proc: | Downward Enrichment Of Ag, Formation Of Native Ag At Expense Of Ag Sulfides |
ore_ctrl: | Bedding Plane Fault, Later Less-Steep Cross-Faults, Later High-Angle Normal Fault |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation |
hrock_type: | Shale,Dolomite |
arock_unit: | Aplite Porphyry |
arock_type: | Granite |
Structure: | Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Gibson Fault, Emma Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform |
References: |
- Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 181-185
- Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933
- Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1226, 1910, 2120, 3924, 3960, 4281 AM, 4746, 5310
- Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 26-28
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