Adamic Cow Camp Workings

The Adamic Cow Camp Workings is a copper and silver mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,549 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

Name: Adamic Cow Camp Workings

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.40694, -105.36889

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Adamic Cow Camp Workings MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Adamic Cow Camp Workings
Secondary: Apollo Claim
Secondary: Apollo No. 1 Claim 1977


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area


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: Unknown


Ownership

Not available


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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU (0.01-1.2 %), AG (0.2-0.6 OZ/TON), ZN (0.02-0.09 %)


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Workings): PITS, TRENCHES, ADIT WITH WINZE. PIT 1 23 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP; 32-FT SHAFT; PITS 4 X 8 X 4 FT DEEP, 4 X 4 X 3 FT DEEP; TRENCH 45 FT LONG ON 30 X 100 FT BENCH CUT BEARING N 74 E; 66-FT ADIT WITH WINZE

Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD FOR 11 MILES. TAKE NW FORK IN ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)


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. 74-76

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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