The Unnamed Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,891 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: 8,891 Feet (2,710 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.86386, -105.98676
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Shipman Park 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
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: Front Range Uplift, Medicine Bow Uplift, Rawah Batholith
Type: L
Description: Shipman Park Fault, Unnamed Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE SAMPLE FROM SHAFT DUMP CONTAINED 2.3% CU AND 0.55 OZ/TO N AG. PIT NEAR SHAFT CONTAINED 0.04% CU. SAMPLE FROM PIT IN SE SEC. 02 CONTAINED 0.12% CU AND 0.11 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS LIE IN RAWAH GRANITE AT INTERSECTION OF FAULT SYSTEMS T RENDING N57E AND N30 TO 42W.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS; ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN MCGUIRE CREEK AND BRITISH CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
References
Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RAWAH WIL DERNESS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OFR 82-376
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