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Colorado Copper Company Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Vanadium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087763
MRDS ID D009460
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Copper Company Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69836, 38.4939 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 8.5 MILES N03E OF COTOPAXI, UP RED GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arkansas Mountain(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
New Mexico 049N 012E 18 CENTER OF SE OF SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN BEAVER CREEK SCHOOL AND BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
  • Lindgren (1908) stated that the deposit is located 1000 ft east of Red Creek and 150 ft above it, at the abandoned settlement of Copperfield. Copperfield had a post office at one time, but is not shown on any modern maps.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized To Reddish, Yellowish, Or Red-Brown Color

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation, Belden Formation;Harding Sandstone
    Rock description Minturn Formation, Belden Formation;Harding Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69836, 38.4939
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nearby Fault Is Barren; North-Trending Faults East Of But Near Cotopaxi Fault

Ore body information

  • Dip 20 DEGREES E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Shales, Coal Seams Control Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • Deposit probably located close to the Cotopaxi Fault. Shaft located 100 ft west of contact with Proterozoic rocks (Lindgren, 1908). Near the 250 ft shaft, rsediments dip steeply. The shales "turn into" reddish-brown limestone at the shaft. Copper stains are most prevalent in a bed of quartzitic rock (Harding Quartzite?).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Red Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • Production probably small.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT ON HILL 150 FT ABOVE CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 170-174.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., 1975, HISTORIC TRAIL MAPS OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-930, 1:250,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVERTINE AND CALICHE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 25-MAY-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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