Mine detail: Dirty Gulch Mine

Previously called 'Copper Prince Mine?'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46168, -105.70336

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Malachite
Discovery year:	1925

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belden Fm
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009621
DEP	10013367
Reference	{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 122-123.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND 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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W.