| Abstract: | A model of the porphyry-metal system characteristic of the consanguineous Cretaceous and Tertiary igneous rocks and associated ores of the southern Rocky Mountains is constructed from the bits and pieces exposed in the Colorado mineral belt and the San Juan volcanic field. Hydrothermally altered rocks in a part of the areas of mineralized rock associated with the Platoro caldera are matched against the model, to locate and to characterize latent mineral deposits for optimal prospecting and exploration. The latent deposits are two stockwork molybdenite deposits (porphyry-molybdenum) and one or two copper-gold-silver chimney deposits. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 10513 |
| Citation Author: | Neuerburg, George J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 33 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 78-130 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | The architecture of the porphyry-metal system as a prospecting stratagem in the Southern Rocky Mountains; 1978; OFR; 78-130; Neuerburg, George J. |
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| Citation Year: | 1978 |
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| Text: | The architecture of the porphyry-metal system as a prospecting stratagem in the Southern Rocky Mountains; 1978; OFR; 78-130; Neuerburg, George J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0130/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0130/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
