The Blue Mountain Mine is a copper mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.94056, -105.35194
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Blue Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Tarryall Springs (Puma City) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type: L
Description: Lake George Ring Dike Complex
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Migmatization
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION RESTRICTED TO NARROW ZONE AND PROBABLY NOT OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE (HEINRICH, 1981).
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT
Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED
Comment (Location): NNW-TRENDING RIDGE ABOUT 2.5 MILES LONG AND 0.25 MILE WIDE BEGINS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE; PROSPECT ON NORTHEAST SIDE NEAR BASE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Geology): BLUE MOUNTAIN IS AN "ISLAND" OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITHIN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITES
References
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A. 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
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