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Unnamed Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Moffat 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013514
MRDS ID D009859
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.83431, 40.58218 (WGS84)
Elevation 2384
Relative position 8.5 MILES S 78 W FROM GREYSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zenobia Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon of Lodore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007N 102W 02 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON BLUFF ABOVE FIVE SPRINGS DRAW 4.5 MILES NW OF BROMIDE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERAL BASED ON OCCURRENCE AT BROMIDE MINE. MAY ALSO HAVE AG, AU, AND PB BUT UNCONFIRMED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Glauconite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lodore Formation;Uinta Mountain Group
    Rock description Lodore Formation;Uinta Mountain Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.83431, 40.58218
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Douglas Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • AT CROSS MTN AND PROBABLY IN DOUGLAS MTN AREA, PROSPECTORS WERE FIRST ATTRACTED TO LODORE FM BECAUSE OF GREEN (COPPER) COLOR IMPARTED TO IT BY GLAUCONITE. SOME OXIDIZED CU MINERALIZATION MAY, HOWEVER, HAVE BEEN SEEN ON SURFACE AT BROMIDE MINE AND NEARBY PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ZENOBIA PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GO-1408

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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