The Swamp Copper Deposit is a copper and iron mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,140 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: 9,140 Feet (2,786 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Iron
Lat, Long: 37.39694, -108.06528
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Swamp Copper Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swamp Copper Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: California (La Plata) District
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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Of Chalcopyrite
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Troilite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MUCK CONTAINS IRREGULAR NODULES AND GRAINS OF NATIVE CU AND TROILITE (?) PRESUMABLY PRECIPITATED BY REACTION BETWEEN ORGANIC MATTER IN SWAMPY DEPOSIT AND SULFATE-LADEN SURFACE AND SPRING WATERS THAT HAD PASSED OVER AND THROUGH ROCKS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON WEST SIDE OF LA PLATA RIVER JUST BELOW TOWN OF LA PLATA. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX COMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
References
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