Mine detail: Calico Peak Alunite Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.71029, -108.09037

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Molybdenum, Sulfur, Lead
Tertiary: Silver, Potassium, Manganese, Copper, Titanium, Metal
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Illite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Muscovite, Quartz, Sericite, Sulfur
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1899

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Calico Peak Porphyry;Cutler Formation
Host type:Latite
Associated rock:Calico Peak Porphyry;Hornblende Latite Porphyry
Associated type:Latite
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Calico Peak Stock, Calico Peak Anticline
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:See Comments

References

MRDSD010903
DEP10087920
Reference{Deposit:: RATTE, J.C., 1968, ALUNITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO: U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, P. 155-157.PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723.}{Deposit:: SERNA-ISAZA, M.J., 1971, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALICO PEAK, DOLORES COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1338.}{Deposit:: THOENEN, J.R., 1941, ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM RI-3561.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND SPENCER, A.C., 1900, GEOLOGY OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 21ST ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 32-33, 87, 92-94.}{Deposit:: NAESER, C.W., AND OTHERS, 1979, PLIOCENE INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND MINERALIZATION NEAR RICO, COLORADO: USGS OF-79-1093, 18 P.}{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., 1980, ALUNITE--A POTENTIALLY ECONOMIC SOURCE OF ALUMINUN AND POTASH?, IN SCHOWCHOW, S.D., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: CGS RESOURCE SER. 8, P. 77-88.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: GARDNER, L.S., 1944, UNPUB. REPT. IN USGS FILE.}{Deposit:: 1899, RECON: W. CROSS AND A.C. SPENCER: 21ST ANN. REPT.}{Deposit:: 1943, GEOLMAP: L.S. GARDNER; UNPUB. REPT.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D. (Hall, Robert B.)