The Cook Property is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.45611, -105.21306
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Cook Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cook Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Critchell Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT UNAVAILABLE BUT MAY BE VEIN DEPOSIT RELATED TO GENERAL N 65 W TREND OF KENNEDY GULCH FAULT ZONE THROUGH SOUTH HALF OF SECTION
Comment (Location): BETWEEN KENNEDY GULCH AND LONG GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 10 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., AND BERONI, E.P., 1950, COOK PROPERTY, JEFFERSON COUNTY: USGS TEM-20
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