The Colorado Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.51111, -112.15139
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Colorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone (N 60 E, 55 N)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH CU VALUES, AND ABOUT 51 % PB
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE IS WHITE AND CRYSTALLINE AND FRACTURE ALONG SEVERAL N-S PLANES. THE ORE CAME UP IN A VERTICAL FISSURE AND REPLACE THE LIMESTONE BEDS. CUPRIFEROUS PYRITE BANDS ALONG BEDS OF LIMESTONE AWAY FROM FISSURE.
Comment (Commodity): GALENA RESTRICTED TO FISSURES
Comment (Location): MINE IS DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ORE IS ENTIRELY IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 300 FT TUNNEL, CROSSCUTS, 50 FT WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38 , P. 245
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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