Mine detail: Big Horn Mine

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

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.23557, -105.73197
dep_id: 10010844
mrds_id: D004847
mas_id: 802700049
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold
Reporter: Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B., Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Lower Member, Sangre De Cristo Formation
hrock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Mountains
tectonic: Central Coldillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
References:
  • Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES INSPECTOR*RECORDS.
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