Mine detail: Ute Creek Dike Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

37.32334, -108.77539

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Gangue:	Limonite, Malachite, Pyrolusite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone;Junction Creek Sandstone
Host type:	Diorite,Shale
Associated rock:	Diorite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Ute Dome, Ute Peak Stock, Mabel Mountain Bysmalith
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Cu Carbonates, Fe And Mn Oxides; Local Kaolinitization

References

MRDS	D010880
DEP	10014210
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.