Mine detail: Unnamed Copper Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.48774, -108.34651

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Glauconite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lodore Formation;Madison Limestone And Older Rocks
Host 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

MRDS	D009860
DEP	10094595
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.