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Unnamed Cu Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013712
MRDS ID D010149
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Cu Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.32641, 39.75971 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5.4 MILES DUE WEST OF GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 071W 27 NE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG GUY GULCH 1.5 MILES NW OF CONFLUENCE WITH CLEAR CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granitic Pegmatite
    Rock description Granitic Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation---Microcline-Quartz-Plagioclase-Biotite Gneiss Unit
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation---Microcline-Quartz-Plagioclase-Biotite Gneiss Unit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.32641, 39.75971
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Junction Ranch Fault System, Unnamed Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ralston Buttes District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLE FRACTURE FILLINGS NEAR JUNCTION RANCH FAULT SYSTEM

Reporter information

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

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