The Maes Creek Prospects is a copper mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.86278, -105.06194
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Maes Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maes Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Description: Greenhorn Anticline, Unnamed Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM PIT AND BACK OF ADIT CONTAINED 0.01% CU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS; 20-FT ADIT DRIVEN GENERALLY SE
Comment (Location): ALONG MAES CREEK 1.5 MILES NORTH OF SANTANA BUTTE. ELEV AND LAT-LO NG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): Toth and others, 1983, Mineral resource investigation of the Greenhorn Mountian Wilderness study area, Huerfano and Pueblo Counties, Colorado: USGS Open File Report 83-473, p. 7.
Reference (Geology): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
Reference (Deposit): BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 26-83, p. 4, pl. 1.
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