CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1130 United States (Colorado) 38.58.00 N -- 105.34 W King Midas Cu; U; Ag; Mo; Pb; V; Zn
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): King Midas
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Colorado
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; disseminated chalcopyrite and chalcocite and secondary malachite and azurite; disseminated uranium in plant remains and copper-bearing quartz veins
Geologic province: Sandgre de Cristo Range
Commodities: Cu; U; Ag; Mo; Pb; V; Zn
Geological ages: Pennsylvanian - Early Permian (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated chalcopyrite & chalcocite, & 2dry malachite & azurite; diss. U in plant remains & Cu-bearing quartz veins; main mineralized bed 3 m shaly siltstone w plant remains & rusty spots; mid 1 m interval w calc.nodules w < metal than surrounding rx
References:
Lindsey, D. A.; Clark, R. F., 1995
Copper and Uranium in Pennsylvanian and Permian Sedimentary Rocks, Northern Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado
Bulletin, U.S. Geological Survey, Publication code 2116, 23 p.


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