Mine detail: Big Horn Mine

Previously called 'Big Horn, Grey Ram, and Burro Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.23557, -105.73197

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Member, Sangre De Cristo Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Mountains
Tectonic:	Central Coldillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D004847
MAS	802700049
DEP	10010844
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES INSPECTOR *RECORDS.}
Reporter	Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B., Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.