Mine detail: Carbonate District

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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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