Mine detail: Little Giant Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38307, -105.45308

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Numerous Faults, Most Trending Ne, Intersecting Nw-Trending Fault; Ilse Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009624
DEP	10013369
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. 44-46}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND C USTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.