The West McCoy Gulch Property is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.35472, -105.65833
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West McCoy Gulch Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West McCoy Gulch Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: West Mccoy Gulch Fault Trending Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE (DUMP): 9.4% CU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE COPPER OXIDE IS INTERSTITIAL
Comment (Location): WEST FROM TEXAS CREEK ON HWY 50 FOR 3.5 MILES THEN SOUTH 4 MILES ON SAND GULCH ROAD. PROPERTY IS 200 FT WEST OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MINED OUT, AS THE PIT WALL IS VIRTUALLY BARREN OF MINERALIZATION
Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDYAREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILL WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPOR, P. 124
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1: 62,500.
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