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Malachite Mine

Occurrence in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016946
MRDS ID DC02489
Record type Site
Current site name Malachite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.01722, 37.0667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 5 MILES S 70 W FROM GARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torres(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Purgatoire(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 26S;27S 71W;71W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MRUS 1910 CITES MINE AS LYING ON NORTH SLOPE OF CULEBRA MTN., BUT THIS PLACE NAME IS NOT SHOW ON TOPO MAP . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MALACHITE TOWNSITE (S2 SEC 30, T26S, R70W)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.01722, 37.0667
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Raton Basin Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults Of Sangre De Cristo Thrust Complex

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Malachite

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Bull Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 229.82M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO ST. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 119.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, PERSONAL COMMUN. 3/10/70

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 4,63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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