The Colorado No. 3 Claim is a copper mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.54111, -109.05056
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Colorado No. 3 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado No. 3 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
District: Sinbad District
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
Owner Name: Colorado Copper Co.
Years: 1945 -
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 Fold And Fault Belt
Type: L
Description: Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, La Sal Centers
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 150 SAMPLES FROM 7 SURFACE TRENCHES CONTAINED 0.01 TO 3.11% CU, WITH HIGHEST VALUE RECOVERED FROM SHALE BED. 20 SAMPLES FROM UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONTAINED 0.09 TO 4.46% CU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT NW END OF SINBAD VALLEY ON OR NEAR TRAIL. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROBABLE PROSPECT SITE DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): INTERIOR OF SINBAD VALLEY CONSISTS OF FAULTED AND DEFORMED PENNSYLVANIAN EVAPORITES FAULTED AGAINST PERMIAN TO TRIASSIC RED BEDS. CU MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO THREE SMALL AREAS NEAR FAULT OR FRACTURE ZONE, WITH DEPOSITION EXTENDING ONLY INTO MOST FAVORABLE CONGLOMERATE AND SHALE BEDS.
Comment (Workings): 110-FT ADIT DRIVEN GENERALLY NE; SEVERAL SURFACE TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, R.V., AND HARRER, C.M., 1952, INVESTIGATION OF THE COLORADO COPPER CO. PROPERTIES, MESA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4869.
Reference (Deposit): SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF MESA COUNTY, A MODEL STUDY: CGS RESOURCE SER. 2, P.14-16.
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