Mine detail: Independence Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.64222, -105.9967

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Zinc, Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gahnite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue: Actinolite, Biotite, Cordierite, Garnet, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Granite
Associated rock:Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Fault Trends N 35 W, Dips 45 Ne; Pleasant Valley Syncline
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010354
DEP10013832
Reference{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 99-100}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174 & &}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.}
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