The Dirty Gulch Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,890 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,890 Feet (2,405 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.46167, -105.70278
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Dirty Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dirty Gulch Mine
Secondary: Copper Prince Mine?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Red Gulch District
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
Year: 1970
Time Period: 1907
Mined: 67.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Sediment-hosted Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Cotopaxi Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8.1% CU, 2.6 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SELECT GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): NORTH FROM COTOPAXI 6 MILES ON BERNARD CREEK ROAD TO MINE ACCESS ROAD ON WEST SIDE OF RED GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Location): This mine defines the far south end of the Red Gulch district. Not described by Lindgren (1908) in his description of the other mines further north in the district.
Comment (Production): unknown production
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT, COMPLETELY FLOODED
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. 122-123.
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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