The Yorkville Area Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,740 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: 7,740 Feet (2,359 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.27944, -105.27917
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Yorkville Area Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yorkville Area Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Southern Grape Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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
Model Name: Carbonatite
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Shears Contain Barite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU (0.06-2.5%), AG (0.2-2.2 0Z/TON),
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SCATTERED PROSPECT PITS; ONE MEASURES 15 FT DIAMETER, 4 FT DEEP.
Comment (Location): SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF CANON CITY FOR 19 MILES ON OAK CREEK GRADE TO YORKVILLE SITE, THEN SOUTH ONE MILE TO WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): HIGH CU AND AG VALUES INDICATED BUT DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE MINED OUT
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 47-49
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
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