Blue Mountain Mine

The Blue Mountain Mine is a copper mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Mountain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Tarryall Springs (Puma City) 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

Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills

Type: L
Description: Lake George Ring Dike Complex

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Migmatization

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Muscovite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION RESTRICTED TO NARROW ZONE AND PROBABLY NOT OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE (HEINRICH, 1981).

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT

Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED

Comment (Location): NNW-TRENDING RIDGE ABOUT 2.5 MILES LONG AND 0.25 MILE WIDE BEGINS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE; PROSPECT ON NORTHEAST SIDE NEAR BASE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Geology): BLUE MOUNTAIN IS AN "ISLAND" OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITHIN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITES

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): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A. 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

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