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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013515
MRDS ID D009861
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.33901, 40.45107 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Relative position 8.7 MILES N 41 E FROM ELK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cross Mountain Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rangely(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 006N 097W 19 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SOUTH END OF CROSS MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ACCORDING TO DYNI (1968), BEDS PROSPECTED BECAUSE OF GREENISH COLOR IN ROCK. IF CU MINERALS ARE PRESENT, THEY COULD BE OXIDIZED TO MALACHITE, AZURITE, AND PERHAPS BROCHANTITE, SIMILAR TO OCCURRENCES IN BLUE MOUNTAIN AREA TO WEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morgan Formation
    Rock description Morgan Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.33901, 40.45107
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Axial Basin Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Mountain Anticline, Cross Mountain Fault, East Fault, Lily Park Syncline, Axial Basin Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike BEDS N 48 E
    Dip BEDS 10 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cross Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DYNI, J.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELK SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-702

  • Deposit

    KANIZAY, S.P., 1955, GEOLOGY OF CROSS MOUNTAIN, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO, IN RITZMA, H.R., AND ORIEL, S.S., EDS., GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF NORTHWEST COLORADO: IAPG AND RMAG FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 60-62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ALMOST DIRECTLY ON AXIS OF CROSS MOUNTAIN ANTICLINE. PROSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON BASIS OF GREEN COLOR IN SHALE, WHICH MAY HAVE APPEARED AS OXIDIZED CU MINERALIZATION IN STRATABOUND DEPOSIT. AT THE PROSPECT 2.5 MILES NW, GREEN COLOR IN LODORE SS. CAUSED BY GLAUCONITE. GLAUCONITE AT THIS LOCALITY IS UNCONFIRMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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