Dirty Gulch Mine

The Dirty Gulch Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,890 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dirty Gulch Mine
Secondary: Copper Prince Mine?

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Red Gulch District

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1970
Time Period: 1907
Mined: 67.000 mt
Material type: ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Sediment-hosted Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Cotopaxi Fault

Alterations

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

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 8.1% CU, 2.6 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SELECT GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Location): NORTH FROM COTOPAXI 6 MILES ON BERNARD CREEK ROAD TO MINE ACCESS ROAD ON WEST SIDE OF RED GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Location): This mine defines the far south end of the Red Gulch district. Not described by Lindgren (1908) in his description of the other mines further north in the district.

Comment (Production): unknown production

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT, COMPLETELY FLOODED

References

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. 122-123.

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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