Mine detail: Ute Creek Dike Prospects

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Location: Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.32334, -108.77539
dep_id: 10014210
mrds_id: D010880
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Limonite, Malachite, Pyrolusite
alteration: Cu Carbonates, Fe And Mn Oxides; Local Kaolinitization
ore_ctrl: Ne-Trending Dike And Shear Zone
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Entrada Sandstone;Junction Creek Sandstone
hrock_type: Diorite,Shale
arock_unit: Diorite Porphyry
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Ute Dome, Ute Peak Stock, Mabel Mountain Bysmalith
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.
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