Good News No.2 Claims

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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Mine Info

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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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