Mine detail: Copper Prince Mine

Previously called 'Dirty Gulch'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.49501, -105.70252

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Barite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1907
Last production ended:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation, Belden Formation;
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Black Shale,Conglomerate
Structure:	The Cotopaxi Fault is runs north-south along the east side of the valley of Red Gulch, placing Pennsylvanian sedimentary rock in contact with Proterozoic rocks and lower Paleozoic rocks., Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidized To Reddish, Yellowish, Or Red-Brown Color

References

MRDS	D009459
DEP	10013261
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 170-174.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., 1975, HISTORIC TRAIL MAPS OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-930, 1:250,000}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W.