Mine detail: Colorado No. 3 Claim

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Location: Mesa County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5411, -109.05125
dep_id: 10014261
mrds_id: D010958
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite
gangue: Calcite
alteration: Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate
ore_ctrl: Favorable Conglomerate And Shale Near Fault Zone
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Conglomerate
Structure: Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, La Sal Centers
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • 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.
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