West McCoy Gulch Property

The West McCoy Gulch Property is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: West McCoy Gulch Property

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: 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: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: West Mccoy Gulch Fault Trending Ne

Alterations

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

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE (DUMP): 9.4% CU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): THE COPPER OXIDE IS INTERSTITIAL

Comment (Location): WEST FROM TEXAS CREEK ON HWY 50 FOR 3.5 MILES THEN SOUTH 4 MILES ON SAND GULCH ROAD. PROPERTY IS 200 FT WEST OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MINED OUT, AS THE PIT WALL IS VIRTUALLY BARREN OF MINERALIZATION

Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL PIT

References

Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDYAREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILL WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPOR, P. 124

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1: 62,500.

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