Mine detail: Copper Rivet Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.53388, -108.97679

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Tertiary: Chromium
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925
Last production ended: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, Salt Creek Graben
Tectonic:Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD010959
DEP10014262
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:: FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 593.}{Deposit:: SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF MESA COUNTY, A MODEL STUDY: CGS RESOURCE SER. 2, P. 14-16.}{Deposit:: SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE JUANITA ARCH QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-81.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCE BD., P. 141-142.}{Production:: HOLMES AND HARRER, 1952; VANDERWILT, 1947, P. 142.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.