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Huffman Copper Deposit

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017114
MRDS ID DC02907
Record type Site
Current site name Huffman Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.25171, 38.5025 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. BY TRAIL UP COMO GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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

Pike and San Isabel 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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 06E 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.25171, 38.5025
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COPPER SULFIDES AND OXIDES IN AN INTRUSIVE BASIC DIORITE DIKE. NE WALL OF DIKE IS BIOTITE SCHIST AND SW WALL A COARSE PEGMATITE OR ACID GRANITE. DIKE STRIKES N. 45-55W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monarch

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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