The Ute Creek Dike Prospects is a copper mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,981 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: 5,981 Feet (1,823 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.32333, -108.77472
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Ute Creek Dike Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ute Creek Dike Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin
Type: L
Description: Ute Dome, Ute Peak Stock, Mabel Mountain Bysmalith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cu Carbonates, Fe And Mn Oxides; Local Kaolinitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: COPPER PITCH DEFINED AS MIXTURE OF TENORITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, LIMONITE, MALACHITE, AND PYROLUSITE
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE TRENDS APPROX N 30 E, IS CENTERED ON MABEL MOUNTAIN BYSMALITH, AND CUTS ACROSS SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS FROM EARLY CRETACEOUS (BURRO CANYON FM) TO TRIASSIC(?)/JURASSIC (NAVAJO SANDSTONE). PROSPECT IN SEC. 31 IS IN ENTRADA SANDSTONE (JURASSIC); PROSPECTS IN SEC. 01 ARE IN JUNCTION CREEK SANDSTONE (JURASSIC). SOME CU ALTERATION MINERALS DISTRIBUTED ALONG FRACTURES, IN SMALL CAVITIES, AND REPLACING ALTERED FELDSPAR AND HORNBLENDE PHENOCRYSTS IN DIORITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT PITS; ONE SHALLOW SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.
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