Baker Gulch Prospect

The Baker Gulch Prospect is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Baker Gulch Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 38.45833, -105.45278

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Baker Gulch Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Baker Gulch Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Mcintyre Hills Area


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

Not available


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

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chlorite


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF BAKER GULCH JUST SOUTH OF US. 50. UNSURVEYED; ON NE SIDE OF GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): SMALL CUT

Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE IS SPARSELY DISSEMINATED


References

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARM DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 82.

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


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