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Langford Copper Mine

Occurrence in Larimer 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094655
MRDS ID D010556
Record type Site
Current site name Langford Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46727, 40.92441 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 21.5 MILES N42W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011N 072W 16 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN MILL CREEK AND TRAIL CREEK ONE TO TWO MILES NNW FROM ST. CLOUD (TRAILS END). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENT ER SEC. 16. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite (Outer Cap Rock Quartz Monzonite)
    Rock description Sherman Granite (Outer Cap Rock Quartz Monzonite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46727, 40.92441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virginia Dale Ring-Dike Complex (Outer Cap Rock)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Prairie Divide (St. Cloud) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE, BUT ACCORDING TO EGGLER'S MAP, SITE IS ON SW EDGE OF VIRGINIA DALE COMPLEX IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OLDER THAN SH ERMAN GRANITE FACIES (INNER AND OUTER CAP ROCK QUARTZ MONZONITE) OF RI NG COMPLEX. GNEISS FOLIATION GENERALLY TRENDS NW TO WNW, DIPPING NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080690086 became newMRDS 10263593, merged and deleted.
Editor 28-JAN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted old MAS 0080690086 =newMRDS 10263593.

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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