Mine detail: Rita Alta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.23362, -105.68002

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Barite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sangre De Cristo Formation, Lower Member
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Nw-Trending Fault, Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D004931
DEP	10010880
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Foord, Suzann C