Location: | Garfield County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 39.74192, -107.35121 |
dep_id: | 10013509 |
mrds_id: | D009854 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Lead, Silver, Zinc |
Trace mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcocite, Smithsonite |
gangue: | Calcite, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite |
orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
alteration: | Near Complete Oxidation Of Ore Minerals |
ore_ctrl: | Normal Fault And Basaltic Intrusive |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Leadville Limestone;Chaffee Formation |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_unit: | Basalt Flows, Basalt Intrusive |
arock_type: | Basalt |
Structure: | White River Uplift, Grizzly Creek Fault, Spring Creek Fault, Numerous Unnamed Normal Faults |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
yr_lst_prd: | 1945 |
disc_yr: | 1879 |
References: |
- Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999
- Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C
- Deposit:: BASS, N.W., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1963, GEOLOGY OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1142-J
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