Mine detail: Ace High-Jackpot Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.6325, -106.00476

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Iron
Ore:	Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Malachite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Apatite, Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gahnite, Opal, Psilomelane, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, N-Trending Faults, Pleasant Valley Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D010349
DEP	10013828
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 100}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS NE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 626, P. 43-44.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.