Mine detail: Hosa Lodge Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.72221, -105.33114

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chrysocolla, Malachite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation-Interlayered Feldspar-Rich Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite, And Biotite Gneiss;Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Black Hawk Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010215
DEP	10094628
Reference	{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 70}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.