The Good News No.2 Claims is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.40833, -105.39556
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Good News No.2 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good News No.2 Claims
Secondary: Goat Park
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Greenhorn 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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Coppin
Years: 1971 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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
Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Near Intersection Of Ne- And Nw- Trending Faults; Ilse Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: kaolinite
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU (0.04-15.5 %), AG (0.1-1.4 OZ/TON), ZN (0.01-0.02 %)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 34 FT DEEP; TRENCH 32 FT LONG ENDING AT 5 FT ADIT (BOTH TREND N52E); PIT 10 FT DIAMETER X 4 FT DEEP; PIT 4 X 8 X 3 FT DEEP; MAJOR ADIT 148 FT BEARING N 70 W, WITH 53 FT STOPES, 2 SMALL ADITS CONNECTED; PIT 12 X 6 FT
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF PARKDALE 4 MILES TO ROYAL GORGE RANCH. FOLLOW JEEP TRAIL 1.5 MILES SE TO GOAT PARK GULCH. COMPLEX IS 1.5 MILES UP THE DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Development): AREA PREVIOUSLY WORKED BUT RECORDS SPARSE
Comment (Deposit): COPPER STAINING RESTRICTED TO BIOTITE SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 53-55
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT,G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
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