The Unnamed Prospect is a copper mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,040 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: 11,040 Feet (3,365 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.53806, -105.90000
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Chambers Lake District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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 Year: 1922
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: Front Range Uplift, Medicine Bow Uplift, Rawah Batholith
Type: L
Description: Montgomery Pass Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.45 MILE SE OF MONTGOMERY PASS AND 1.25 MILES NW OF CAMERON PASS. CLAIM EXTENDS INTO ADJACENT SECTIONS AROUND COMMON CORNER OF SEC. 26, 27, 34, AND 35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS LIE ON EAST-DIPPING REVERSE FAULT DISPLACING RAWAH GRAN ITE ON EAST AGAINST TRIASSIC-JURASSIC RED BEDS ON WEST.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS; TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RAWAH WIL DERNESS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OFR 82-376
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