Mine detail: Rita Alta Mine

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.23362, -105.68002
dep_id: 10010880
mrds_id: D004931
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Quartz, Barite
work_type: Underground
model: 82: Epithermal veins
Reporter: Collins, Donna B., Foord, Suzann C
hrock_unit: Sangre De Cristo Formation, Lower Member
hrock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Range, Nw-Trending Fault, Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
References:
  • Deposit:: SAN ISABEL FOREST SERVICE MAP
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
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