The Malachite Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.06667, -105.01667
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Malachite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Malachite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: Malachite
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Copper Bull Mining Co.
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults Of Sangre De Cristo Thrust Complex
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): MRUS 1910 CITES MINE AS LYING ON NORTH SLOPE OF CULEBRA MTN., BUT THIS PLACE NAME IS NOT SHOW ON TOPO MAP . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MALACHITE TOWNSITE (S2 SEC 30, T26S, R70W)
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO ST. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 119.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, PERSONAL COMMUN. 3/10/70
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 4,63
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