The Unnamed Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,822 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: 7,822 Feet (2,384 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58222, -108.83361
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Unnamed Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Douglas Mountain District
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
Not available
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: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau
Type: L
Description: Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Glauconite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BLUFF ABOVE FIVE SPRINGS DRAW 4.5 MILES NW OF BROMIDE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERAL BASED ON OCCURRENCE AT BROMIDE MINE. MAY ALSO HAVE AG, AU, AND PB BUT UNCONFIRMED
Comment (Development): AT CROSS MTN AND PROBABLY IN DOUGLAS MTN AREA, PROSPECTORS WERE FIRST ATTRACTED TO LODORE FM BECAUSE OF GREEN (COPPER) COLOR IMPARTED TO IT BY GLAUCONITE. SOME OXIDIZED CU MINERALIZATION MAY, HOWEVER, HAVE BEEN SEEN ON SURFACE AT BROMIDE MINE AND NEARBY PROSPECTS.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT
References
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, W.R, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ZENOBIA PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GO-1408
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