Mine detail: Unnamed Copper Pegmatite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45195, -105.47475

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, North-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009708
DEP	10013424
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 82.}{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.