Mine detail: Capitol Central Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.71416, -105.38753

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss Interlayered With Hornblende Gneiss, Amphibolite, Other Gneisses;Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
Host type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Bostonite Porphyry And Related Rocks
Associated type:	Trachyte,Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Floyd Hill Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010211
DEP	10013750
Reference	{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D. M., AND MARSH, S.P., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SQUAW PASS QUADRANGLE, CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, AND GILPIN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1337.}{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A.}{Deposit:: USBM MILS LISTING 0080590047}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.