The Langford Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Larimer 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: 40.92444, -105.46667
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Langford Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Langford Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Prairie Divide (St. Cloud) 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.
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, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Virginia Dale Ring-Dike Complex (Outer Cap Rock)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN MILL CREEK AND TRAIL CREEK ONE TO TWO MILES NNW FROM ST. CLOUD (TRAILS END). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENT ER SEC. 16. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE, BUT ACCORDING TO EGGLER'S MAP, SITE IS ON SW EDGE OF VIRGINIA DALE COMPLEX IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OLDER THAN SH ERMAN GRANITE FACIES (INNER AND OUTER CAP ROCK QUARTZ MONZONITE) OF RI NG COMPLEX. GNEISS FOLIATION GENERALLY TRENDS NW TO WNW, DIPPING NE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MILS 0080690086
Reference (Deposit): EGGLER, D.H., 1968, VIRGINIA DALE PRECAMBRIAN RING-DIKE COMPLEX, CO LORADO-WYOMING: GSA BULL., V. 79, NO. 11, P. 1545-1564.
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