REF:Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
Deposit:: BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO
Commodities (Major) - Copper
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Rubio Peak Formation
Structure: Greenhorn Anticline, Unnamed Faults, Wet Mountains Uplift
Host Rock: Gneiss, Schist
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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ⓘ Copper

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ⓘ Gneiss

ⓘ Schist

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