Little Giant Claims

The Little Giant Claims is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,651 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Giant Claims

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Copper Gulch Area, Deweese Plateau

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

Not available

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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults, Most Trending Ne, Intersecting Nw-Trending Fault; Ilse Fault

Alterations

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

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU (0.01-7.9 %), AG (0.2-0.4 OZ/TON)

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): HIGH CU FROM KAOLINIZED ALTERTION ZONE

Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 14 MILES, THEN EAST ON JEEP TRAIL 1 MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS, 3 PITS. SHAFTS 61, 22 AND 16 FT DEEP. PITS 8 X 8, 10 X 8, 4 X 4 FT

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. 44-46

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 C USTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

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