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

MRDS	D008974
DEP	10101773
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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.