The Blue Mountain Prospect is a mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.94, -105.35056
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Blue Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George Area
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
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Front Range
Type: L
Description: Pulver Gulch-Rocky Gulch Fault, Lake George Ring Dike Complex
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Migmatization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sillimanite
Gangue: Cordierite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PROBABLY NOT OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE (HEINRICH, 1981)
Comment (Location): THE RIDGE BEGINS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE; THE RIDGE ITSELF IS 2.5 MILES LONG WITH MINERALIZATION ON NE SIDE NEAR BASE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Development): OTHER PROSPECTS ARE FOUND SOUTH OF THIS ADIT
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FLORISSANT 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1044, 1:62,500.
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