Mine detail: Dawson Mountain-Surprise Group

Previously called 'Copper Boy 1902Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.3889, -105.29613

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue: Biotite, Magnetite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1902
Last production ended: 1902

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Granodiorite
Associated type:Granodiorite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Shear Zone (Gossan); Main Fault Strikes N 75 E, Dips 60-85 Se; Webster Park Graben; Ilse Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD009634
DEP10013374
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. 56-58}{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 CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}{Deposit:: Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000}{Deposit:: Heinrich, E.W., 1981, Precambrian tungsten and copper-zinc skarn deposits of south-central Colorado: Colorado Geological survey Resource Series 21, 115 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Production:: COKER, 1982}
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