Copper Blush

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018023
MRDS ID DC04711
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Blush
Related records 10214365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36239, 40.13034 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lyons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 71W 17 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36239, 40.13034

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ASSOC. MINERALS: FLUORITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QTZ, CHALCEDONY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Comments on the production information

  • BOULDER CO. 1871-1960, 7996 ST ORE, 84,400 LBS U308

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT, SEVERAL LEVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.