Mine detail: Blair Athol Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.91444, -104.88417

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Uranium, Manganese
Ore:	Chalcocite
Gangue:	Limonite, Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lyons Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift, Rampart Range Fault
Tectonic:	Central Platform
Alteration processes:	Fe And Mn Oxides; Alteration Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

References

MRDS	D009447
DEP	10013253
Reference	{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 288}{Deposit:: AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPTS. D-594 AND DEB-PR-247}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.