Mine detail: Osirio Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.39527, -105.39419

Resource(M)

Primary:

Nickel

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Biotite Gneiss;Biotite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Shawnee Fault, Deer Creek Fault, Pine Gulch Fault, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010207
DEP	10094627
Reference	{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 64-65}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1976, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAILEY QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-816}{Deposit:: TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W. MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 475.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.