Mine detail: Copper Gulch Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45001, -105.39224

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Copper
Secondary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Torbernite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Southern Colorado Front Range, Northern Wet Mtns, Canon City Embayment, Fault Zones; Ilse Fault; Webster Park Graben; Ne-Trending Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009619
DEP	10087781
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 146.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.