Mine detail: Malachite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.0667, -105.01722

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite

Production

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

Geology

Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Raton Basin Trough, Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults Of Sangre De Cristo Thrust Complex
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	DC02489
DEP	10016946
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO ST. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 119.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, PERSONAL COMMUN. 3/10/70}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 4,63}
Reporter	Unknown, Schwochow, Stephen D.