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Cordilleran Vein Type Deposits Examples

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<strong>Vein</strong>s 11/3/10<br />

Colorado Telluride Belt<br />

• NE end of the Colorado Mineral Belt<br />

• Placer gold discovered in 1859<br />

• Au-­‐Te ores discovered in 1872<br />

• Small, erra>cally distributed, rich ore bodies<br />

• Mined un>l about 1960<br />

• Te not recovered from these ores -­‐ Te<br />

recovered during Cu refining (porphyries)<br />

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