Upper Copper Gulch Claims

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. 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. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094581
MRDS ID D009609
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Copper Gulch Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39335, 38.43557 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 8.5 MILES S 88 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre Hills(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 072W 36 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 1.75 MILES, THEN 0.25 MILES NORTH OF ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Malachite Trace
Hematite Trace

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CU (0.02-0.08 %), AG (0.3-0.4 OZ/TON), ZN (0.03-0.45 %)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39335, 38.43557

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones, Ilse Fault, Webster Park Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Copper Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT BEARING N 42 E FOR 24 FT, THEN FORKING WITH EACH FORK CONTINUING 46 FT; ONE INCLINED SHAFT 20 FT DEEP BEARING N 60 E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 84-86

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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