Mine detail: Sinbad District

Previously called 'Derby Nos. 1-4, MS 17971Patented Claims: Princess Nos. 1-2, MS 17971Pyramid Nos. 1-4, MS 17971Kentucky Boy Nos. 1-3, MS 17971Thoroughbred Nos. 1-4, MS 17971'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5161, -109.00401

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Chromium
Ore:	Bornite
Gangue:	Calcite
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1908
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation;Wingate Sandstone
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, La Sal Centers, Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, Salt Creek Graben
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

References

MRDS	D010961
DEP	10087938
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, R.V., AND HARRER, C.M., 1952, INVESTIGATION OF THE COLORADO COPPER CO. PROPERTIES, MESA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4869.}{Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 593.}{Deposit:: SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF MESA COUNTY, A MODEL STUDY; CGS RESOURCE SER. 2, P. 14-16.}{Deposit:: SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE JUANITA ARCH QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-81.}{Deposit:: SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 141-142.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 17971}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: CATER, F.W., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE SALT ANTICLINE REGION IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 637.}{Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 219-220.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.