Mine detail: Malachite Mine

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Location: Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.0667, -105.01722
dep_id: 10016946
mrds_id: DC02489
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Unknown, Schwochow, Stephen D.
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:
  • 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
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