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Copper Prince Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013261
MRDS ID D009459
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prince Mine
Alternate or previous names Dirty Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.70252, 38.49501 (WGS84)
Elevation 2573
Relative position 8.6 MILES N07W OF COTOPAXI, UP RED GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arkansas Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 011E 13 CENTER OF E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURACY ONLY TO ABOUT 0.5 MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
  • Lindgren (1908) states that the Copper Prince property is "a short distance northwest of Copperfield", which is an abandoned mining settlement.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED COPPER ORE AND CHALCOCITE FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH COALY MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized To Reddish, Yellowish, Or Red-Brown Color

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63
Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation, Belden Formation;
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.70252, 38.49501
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Cotopaxi Fault is runs north-south along the east side of the valley of Red Gulch, placing Pennsylvanian sedimentary rock in contact with Proterozoic rocks and lower Paleozoic rocks.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault

Ore body information

  • Dip 20 DEGREES E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Shales, Coal Seams Control Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS COMPARED TO RED BED" COPPER DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA"
  • Oxidized copper minerals and chalcocite occurs in conglomerate and coaly shale layers. Coal represents fossil wood.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Red Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • LINDGREN (1908) STATES THAT TWO CARS OF HIGH GRADE ORE AND SEVERAL CARS OF LOW GRADE ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1907. THAT PRODUCTION WAS PRINCIPALLY FROM THE RED GULCH AND COPPER PRINCE MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE EXPLORATION BEGAN 1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 170-174.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., 1975, HISTORIC TRAIL MAPS OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-930, 1:250,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 25-MAY-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

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