Mine detail: Caprock deposit

Previously called 'Cap Rock, Cap-Rock Mine'

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Location: Jackson County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.97292, -106.48238
dep_id: 10118450
mas_id: 80570195
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Prospect
model: {208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb}{271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming}
Reporter: Beach, Richard A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)
References:
  • Deposit:: REF:7.5 QUAD MAP;U.S. FOR SER MAP; CO BU. OF MINES RPT 1956
  • Deposit:: OP: HAROLD ROSENFELD, 1956.
  • Deposit:: Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000.
  • Deposit:: Long, K. R., DeYoung, J. H., Jr., and Ludington, S. D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, pt. B.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Neubert, J. T., 1994, Mineral appraisal of Routt National Forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 13-94, 64 p., appendicies.
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