Mine detail: Battle Rock Mine

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Location: Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.33529, -108.82373
dep_id: 10014203
mrds_id: D010873
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Nw-Trending Shear Zone
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Junction Creek Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Mcelmo Anticline
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66.
  • Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.
  • Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 221.
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