Mine detail: Sinbad Group

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Location

Lat / long:

38.48138, -108.9754

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation;Wingate Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

References

MRDS	D010962
DEP	10014264
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:: SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.