Mine detail: Unnamed Cu Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.8736, -105.36615

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite;Quartzite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Hurricane Hill Fault Zone, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone, Coal Creek Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010150
DEP	10087812
Reference	{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)}{Deposit:: WELLS, J.D., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE ELDORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1221-D, P. 61-63}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.