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Unnamed Cu Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087812
MRDS ID D010150
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Cu Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36615, 39.8736 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10.8 MILES N 43 W FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002S 071W 17 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN UPPER REACHES OF BEAVER CREEK 2.1 MILES SW OF COAL CREEK STORE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER NW SW SEC. 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.15 AND 0.016% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite;Quartzite
    Rock description Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite;Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36615, 39.8736
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Hill Fault Zone, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone, Coal Creek Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ralston Buttes District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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