REF:Deposit:: VANDERWILT, 1937, USGS BULL. 884, PG 101, 127-129
Deposit:: BLM CONNECTING SHEETS
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65
Deposit:: REF:MINOBRAS 1974
Deposit:: REF:MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS
Deposit:: WILDERNESS, GUNNISON AND PITKIN COUNTIES, COLORADO
Deposit:: BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-84, 1984, P. 24-25.
Commodities (Major) - Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Coal Bed In Laramie Formation
Host Rock: Shale

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Commodity List

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Mineral List

ⓘ Fluorite

ⓘ Native Copper

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Shale

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF₂

References:

Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.

ⓘ Native Copper

Formula: Cu

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Copper	1.AA.05	Cu
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘ	Fluorite	3.AB.25	CaF₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

F	Fluorine
F	ⓘ Fluorite	CaF₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Fluorite	CaF₂
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Native Copper	Cu

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