The Tom Branch Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,320 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: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.82583, -104.95083
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Tom Branch Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Branch Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
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
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Description: Greenhorn Anticline, Delcarbon Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLE FROM PIT IN DIABASE SILL CONTAINED 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.01% CU. CHIP SAMPLE FROM ADIT FACE CONTAINED 0.02% V205. CHIP S AMPLE ACROSS LOWER CONTACT OF DIABASE SILL WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONT AINED 0.01% CU.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG TOM BRANCH 5 MILES NE OF BADITO CONE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVE N ARE FOR PROSPECT PIT IN SE SW SEC. 36. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): THREE PROSPECT PITS; ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN EXTENT DRIVEN GENERALL Y NE
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
Reference (Deposit): GASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM M LA 26-83.
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