Battle Rock Mine

The Battle Rock Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Battle Rock Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin

Type: L
Description: Mcelmo Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: COFFIN (1921) REPORTED ASSAY CONTAINING 8 OZ/TON AG AND TRACE AU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ONE DRIFT OF UNKNOWN EXTENT PROBABLY DRIVEN GENERALLY WNW

Comment (Deposit): BATTLE ROCK IS NATURAL MONOLITH IN CENTER OF MCELMO CREEK VALLEY AND IS UPHELD BY INDURATED, FE-STAINED JUNCTION CREEK SANDSTONE ALONG N 75 W-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE ACROSS CREST OF MCELMO ANTICLINE. SPARSE CHALCOPYRITE AND CU CARBONATES FOUND IN BARITE GANGUE WITH ABUNDANT FE OXIDES.

References

Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66.

Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.

Reference (Deposit): COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 221.

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