Mine detail: Unnamed Copper Prospect

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.48774, -108.34651
dep_id: 10094595
mrds_id: D009860
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Glauconite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Lodore Formation;Madison Limestone And Older Rocks
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Inta Uplift, Axial Basin Arch, Cross Mountain Anticline, Cross Mountain Fault, East Fault, Lily Park Syncline, Axial Basin Anticline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Central Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: DYNI, J.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELK SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-702
  • Deposit:: KANIZAY, S.P., 1955, GEOLOGY OF CROSS MOUNTAIN, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO IN RITZMA, H.R., AND ORIEL, S.S., EDS., GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF NORTHWEST COLORADO: IAPG AND RMAG FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 60-62.
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