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Unnamed Copper Pegmatite Occurrence

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013424
MRDS ID D009708
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Pegmatite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47475, 38.45195 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position elongate NE-trending open cut, 13.7 MILES N 07 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre Hills(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 072W 30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED, NEAR SHEEP BASIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47475, 38.45195
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Pegmatites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcintyre Hills Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY THE DEPOSIT WAS ENTIRELY MINED OUT BY THE SMALL OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OF SULFIDE ORE IN PEGMATITE, ALL SURROUNDED BY CALCITE-RICH ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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