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Swamp Copper Deposit

Occurrence in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090949
MRDS ID D010857
Record type Site
Current site name Swamp Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.06593, 37.39695 (WGS84)
Elevation 2786
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 13.0 MILES N 53 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 011W 03,04,09,10 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON WEST SIDE OF LA PLATA RIVER JUST BELOW TOWN OF LA PLATA. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX COMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Troilite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Chalcopyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium And Bog Materail
    Rock description Alluvium And Bog Materail
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.06593, 37.39695
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Plata Dome

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Saturated Valley-Fill Alluvium And Muck

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCK CONTAINS IRREGULAR NODULES AND GRAINS OF NATIVE CU AND TROILITE (?) PRESUMABLY PRECIPITATED BY REACTION BETWEEN ORGANIC MATTER IN SWAMPY DEPOSIT AND SULFATE-LADEN SURFACE AND SPRING WATERS THAT HAD PASSED OVER AND THROUGH ROCKS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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