Mine detail: Dandy-Copper Tunnel

Previously called 'Dandy-Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.99001, -105.67002

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Metasedimentary Schist
Host type:Schist
Structure:Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD008974
DEP10101773
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 13913}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPT., 1901}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.