The Unnamed Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,739 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: 6,739 Feet (2,054 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.45111, -108.33833
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Unnamed Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Cross Mountain 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift, Axial Basin Arch
Type: L
Description: Cross Mountain Anticline, Cross Mountain Fault, East Fault, Lily Park Syncline, Axial Basin Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES ALMOST DIRECTLY ON AXIS OF CROSS MOUNTAIN ANTICLINE. PROSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON BASIS OF GREEN COLOR IN SHALE, WHICH MAY HAVE APPEARED AS OXIDIZED CU MINERALIZATION IN STRATABOUND DEPOSIT. AT THE PROSPECT 2.5 MILES NW, GREEN COLOR IN LODORE SS. CAUSED BY GLAUCONITE. GLAUCONITE AT THIS LOCALITY IS UNCONFIRMED.
Comment (Commodity): ACCORDING TO DYNI (1968), BEDS PROSPECTED BECAUSE OF GREENISH COLOR IN ROCK. IF CU MINERALS ARE PRESENT, THEY COULD BE OXIDIZED TO MALACHITE, AZURITE, AND PERHAPS BROCHANTITE, SIMILAR TO OCCURRENCES IN BLUE MOUNTAIN AREA TO WEST.
Comment (Location): NEAR SOUTH END OF CROSS MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
References
Reference (Deposit): DYNI, J.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELK SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-702
Reference (Deposit): KANIZAY, S.P., 1955, GEOLOGY OF CROSS MOUNTAIN, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO, IN RITZMA, H.R., AND ORIEL, S.S., EDS., GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF NORTHWEST COLORADO: IAPG AND RMAG FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 60-62
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