| Deposit ID | 10087938 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010961 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Sinbad District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.00401, 38.5161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | 14 TO 21 MILES N 49 TO 59 W FROM URAVAN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mesa(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dolores Point South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Moab(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 |
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 049N;049N | 019W;020W | 03,07,27,34,35;01,12 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | USBM SAMPLES FROM BOTH UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE WORKINGS SHOWED CU VALUES GENERALLY UP TO 4 OR 5 % CU, GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.20 % CR203. COPPER RIVET ORE IN 1942 CONTAINED 9 % CU AND 4 OZ/TON AG. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation;Wingate Sandstone |
| Rock description | Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation;Wingate Sandstone |
| (1) | -109.00401, 38.5161 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, La Sal Centers |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, Salt Creek Graben |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Sinbad District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Colorado Copper Co. |
| First year | 1945 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010961 |
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.
SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.
VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 141-142.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 17971
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SINBAD VALLEY IS NW-SE-TRENDING SALT ANTICLINE ALONG NE MARGIN OF PARADOX BASIN AND NEXT TO UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU. PENNSYLVANIAN EVAPORITES OF PARADOX MEMBER OF HERMOSA FM ARE DEFORMED IN CENTER OF VALLEY AND IN PLACES ARE FAULTED AGAINST TRIASSIC-JURASSIC RED BEDS. GRABEN FAULTS, MORE COMPLEX ON SW MARGIN, DOWNDROP SEDIMENTS INTO VALLEY. SALT CREEK GRABEN TRENDS NE AT RIGHT ANGLE TO AND FROM NE MARGIN OF VALLEY. CU SULFIDES OCCUR AS VEINS IN FISSURES AND FRACTURES ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN STRUCTURE WHERE THEY CUT FAVORABLE CLASTICS AND LIMESTONE. ORES ARE PRIMARILY CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, AND LUZONITE, OXIDIZED TO CARBONATES. HOST ROCKS INCLUDE LIMESTONE IN PARADOX MBR OF HERMOSA FM, CONGLOMERATE AND SHALE IN CUTLER FM (PERMIAN), CHINLE FM (TRIASSIC), AND TRIASSIC-JURASSIC? WINGATE SANDSTONE. DISSEMINATED CU SULFIDES OCCUR IN WINGATE SANDSTONE AND KAYENTA FM ALONG FAULTS AT SE END OF VALLEY. ORE CONSISTS OF CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE IMPREGNATING SANDSTONE IN LAYERS AND SMALL |
| Deposit | IRREGULAR BODIES. OCCURRENCE OF AG UNCERTAIN BUT IF SIMILAR TO OTHER CU-AG DEPOSITS IN REGION, IS PROBABLY CONTAINED IN ONE OF IRREGULAR BODIES. OCCURRENCE OF AG UNCERTAIN BUT IF SIMILAR TO OTHER CU-AG DEPOSITS IN REGION, IS PROBABLY CONTAINED IN ONE OF CU SULFIDES. |
| Deposit | ONLY PATENTED CLAIMS IN DISTRICT WERE THOSE OF PYRAMID GROUP, ASSIGNED TO SINBAD DISTRICT. INDIVIDUAL RECORDS PREPARED FOR PRINCIPAL PROPERTIES: COLORADO NO. 3 CLAIM, COPPER RIVET MINE, PYRAMID GROUP, AND SINBAD GROUP. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE: (11) WEIR, G.W., AND PUFFETT, W.P., 1981, INCOMPLETE MANUSCRIPT ON STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH-COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OF-81-39. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 4 OTHER SRC |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-83 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 16-NOV-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | Changed record type from site to district. |
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