Mine detail: Howes Gulch District

Previously called 'Snow Drift, MS 13435BonitaCopper DistrictClaims: Empire, MS 5721Eli 1-3, MS 13435Grand View, MS 13435Mona, MS 13435Pilo T, MS 13452Columbia, MS 13452Copper Blossom, MS 13452Unpate Nted Claims: Little EmpireCopper Boy 1-2Copper KingSavannahElkLondonMariaMerry ChristmasMoose'

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59109, -105.22559
dep_id: 10013977
mrds_id: D010557
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
alteration: Fe Sulfide Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Sheeting Or Banding Possibly Parallel To Schistosity
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Amphibolite
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Boulder Creek Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin, Thompson Anticline, Nw- And East-West-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1873
References:
  • Deposit:: LEE, H.A., 1899, REPORT ON COPPER DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORAD O: COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES MINE MGR. REPT., 1901, P. 231
  • Deposit:: COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELE Y AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G.
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