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Copper Gulch Deposit

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087781
MRDS ID D009619
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Gulch Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39224, 38.45001 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8.6 MILES N 04 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 072W 25 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE OF THE DEPOSIT IS 0.28 % U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39224, 38.45001
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Colorado Front Range, Northern Wet Mtns, Canon City Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zones; Ilse Fault; Webster Park Graben; Ne-Trending Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nne-Trending Fault, Nnw-Trending Ilse Fault; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, PROSPECTS IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG A FAULT ZONE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT WIDE AND A MILE LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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