The South Fremont County Prospects 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: 38.27194, -105.33861
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South Fremont County Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fremont County Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Southern Grape Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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: Barite-fluorite veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Foliation And Most Shears Strike N 35 E; In One Pit A Cross Shear Strikes N 60 W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization, Chloritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.06 TO 0.13% CU, 0.01 TO 0.06% ZN
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BARITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS
Comment (Location): TRAVEL 21 MILES S OF CANON CITY ON OAK CREEK GRADE, THEN TURN WEST ON UNIMPROVED DIRT ROAD FOR 2.5 MILES TO VICINITY OF CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): PITS, SHAFT; SHAFT IS 3 FT X 6 FT X 56 FT DEEP; PIT 1 IS CIRCULAR, 8 FT IN DIAMETER, 5 FT DEEP; PIT 2 IS CIRCULAR, 3 FT DIAMETER, 1 FT DEEP; PIT 3 IS 18 FT DIAMETER, 10 FT DEEP
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. 101-103
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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