Copper Girl

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090554
MRDS ID D000429
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Girl
Alternate or previous names Valley View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3839, 38.36668 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron 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
6th Principal 019S 072W 26 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3839, 38.36668

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLO.: COLO. G.S. BULL. 14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE FOUND IN BANDS IN THE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.