Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a copper mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,040 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

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Chambers Lake District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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 Year: 1922
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: Front Range Uplift, Medicine Bow Uplift, Rawah Batholith

Type: L
Description: Montgomery Pass Thrust Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): 0.45 MILE SE OF MONTGOMERY PASS AND 1.25 MILES NW OF CAMERON PASS. CLAIM EXTENDS INTO ADJACENT SECTIONS AROUND COMMON CORNER OF SEC. 26, 27, 34, AND 35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS LIE ON EAST-DIPPING REVERSE FAULT DISPLACING RAWAH GRAN ITE ON EAST AGAINST TRIASSIC-JURASSIC RED BEDS ON WEST.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS; TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

References

Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RAWAH WIL DERNESS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OFR 82-376

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