Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects

The Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Arbor Claims No. 1-9
Secondary: Grape Claims No. 2 1-19 1977

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Westfall Gulch/Wet Mountains 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

Owner Name: Congdon And Carey Assoc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1977 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Carbonatite

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Shears Aligned With Regional Strike; Nne-Trending Fault; Overturned Anticline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Rocks

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

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU (0.01-1.1 %), AG (0.2-0.8 OZ/TON), 0.05 OZ/TON AU, ZN (0.01-0.05%)

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): FROM PARKDALE SOUTH ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 17 MILES TO FREMONT-CUSTER COUNTY LINE; THEN EAST 5 MILES ON GRAVEL AND DIRT ROAD TO TITUSVILLE GULCH AND VICINITY; GRAPE CLAIMS LIE PRIMARILY IN SECTION 25; ARBOR CLAIMS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 26,35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): FOUR PROSPECT GROUPS WITH PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS; PITS FROM 10-20 FT DIAMETER; LONGEST TRENCH 24 FT; ONE SHAFT 42 FT DEEP, ANOTHER 19 FT DEEP.

References

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.

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. 61-63

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