The Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.29694, -105.39639
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Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Arbor Claims No. 1-9
Secondary: Grape Claims No. 2 1-19 1977
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Westfall Gulch/Wet Mountains 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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Congdon And Carey Assoc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1977 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Shears Aligned With Regional Strike; Nne-Trending Fault; Overturned Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU (0.01-1.1 %), AG (0.2-0.8 OZ/TON), 0.05 OZ/TON AU, ZN (0.01-0.05%)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): FROM PARKDALE SOUTH ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 17 MILES TO FREMONT-CUSTER COUNTY LINE; THEN EAST 5 MILES ON GRAVEL AND DIRT ROAD TO TITUSVILLE GULCH AND VICINITY; GRAPE CLAIMS LIE PRIMARILY IN SECTION 25; ARBOR CLAIMS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 26,35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): FOUR PROSPECT GROUPS WITH PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS; PITS FROM 10-20 FT DIAMETER; LONGEST TRENCH 24 FT; ONE SHAFT 42 FT DEEP, ANOTHER 19 FT DEEP.
References
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.
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. 61-63
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