Blair Athol Mine

The Blair Athol Mine is a copper mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,949 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blair Athol Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Colorado Springs 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: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift

Type: L
Description: Rampart Range Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe And Mn Oxides; Alteration Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY SLIGHTLY ABOVE BACKGROUND

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR BASE OF MOUNTAIN FRONT SOUTH OF DOUGLAS CREEK 3.4 MILES WEST OF PIKEVIEW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Comment (Development): PROPERTY HAD BEEN WORKED SPORADICALLY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO 1932.

Comment (Deposit): CHALCOCITE FILLS SMALL VUGS AND HAS ALTERED CHIEFLY TO MALACHITE WITH MINOR AZURITE, ALL ASSOCIATED WITH FE AND MN OXIDES. NODULES AND STAINS LIE ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND IN NEARLY VERTICAL EASTERLY FRACTURES IN WHITE FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 15 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 288

Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPTS. D-594 AND DEB-PR-247

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