Mine detail: Sunset Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.32779, -105.40057

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

References

MRDSD009603
DEP10087774
ReferenceTAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500
ReporterCollins, Donna B.