Mine detail: Colorado No. 3 Claim

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5411, -109.05125

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Shale,Conglomerate
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, La Sal Centers
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

References

MRDS	D010958
DEP	10014261
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, R.V., AND HARRER, C.M., 1952, INVESTIGATION OF THE COLORADO COPPER CO. PROPERTIES, MESA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4869.}{Deposit:: SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF MESA COUNTY, A MODEL STUDY: CGS RESOURCE SER. 2, P.14-16.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.