Mine detail: Langford Copper Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

40.92441, -105.46727

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Biotite Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Sherman Granite (Outer Cap Rock Quartz Monzonite)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring-Dike Complex (Outer Cap Rock)
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010556
DEP	10094655
Reference	{Deposit:: EGGLER, D.H., 1968, VIRGINIA DALE PRECAMBRIAN RING-DIKE COMPLEX, CO LORADO-WYOMING: GSA BULL., V. 79, NO. 11, P. 1545-1564.}{Deposit:: USBM MILS 0080690086}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.