| Deposit ID | 10014262 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010959 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Rivet Mine |
| Related records | 10239500 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.97679, 38.53388 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | 17.1 MILES N 49 W FROM URAVAN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mesa(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Juanita Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Mesa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 049N | 019W | 03 | SW OF SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLES FROM UPPER ADIT CONTAINED GENERALLY 0.29 TO 2.78% CU WITH HIGH OF 10.24% CU, AND LESS THAN 0.20% CR0203 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation |
| Rock description | Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation |
| (1) | -108.97679, 38.53388 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, Salt Creek Graben |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Sinbad District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Year | 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^9 % Cu, 4 Oz/Ton Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010959 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080770253 |
HOLMES, R.V., AND HARRER, C.M., 1952, INVESTIGATION OF THE COLORADO COPPER CO. PROPERTIES, MESA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4869.
SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE JUANITA ARCH QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-81.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCE BD., P. 141-142.
HOLMES AND HARRER, 1952; VANDERWILT, 1947, P. 142.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT AT WEST END OF AND ON NW SIDE OF SALT CREEK GRABEN, WHICH TRENDS NE AT RIGHT ANGLE TO SINBAD VALLEY GRABEN. PRINCIPAL FAULT TRENDS N 40 E, DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL. BEST ORE DEVELOPED IN LOWER WINGATE SANDSTONE JUST ABOVE CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING CHINLE FM. ORE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF CHALCOPYRITE AND LUZONITE, LARGELY OXIDIZED. SMALL MASSES OF CHALCOCITE CARRY DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND BORNITE. OCCURRENCE OF AG UNCERTAIN BUT LIKELY IS SIMILAR TO OTHER CU-AG DEPOSITS IN REGION, PROBABLY WITHIN CU SULFIDE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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