Mine detail: Castle Rock Springs Claim

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Castle Rock SpringsMs 1779'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.59723, -107.81675

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Discovery year: 1833

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Electra Lake Gabbro;Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:Monzonite,Gabbro
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Needle Mtns Uplift
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010867
DEP10014199
Reference{Deposit:: SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIRES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P. 18.}{Deposit:: BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1779}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.