Mine detail: Carson Mining Company Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.41612, -105.67475

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Hornblende, Microcline, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSOID

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss; Hornblende-Microcline Gneiss
Host type:	Diorite,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Wet Mountains, Cotopaxi Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009485
DEP	10087773
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 88-89}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W.