Ute Creek Dike Prospects

The Ute Creek Dike Prospects is a copper mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,981 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: Ute Creek Dike Prospects  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montezuma

Elevation: 5,981 Feet (1,823 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 37.32333, -108.77472

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Ute Creek Dike Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ute Creek Dike Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Ute Dome, Ute Peak Stock, Mabel Mountain Bysmalith


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cu Carbonates, Fe And Mn Oxides; Local Kaolinitization


Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: COPPER PITCH DEFINED AS MIXTURE OF TENORITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, LIMONITE, MALACHITE, AND PYROLUSITE


Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE TRENDS APPROX N 30 E, IS CENTERED ON MABEL MOUNTAIN BYSMALITH, AND CUTS ACROSS SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS FROM EARLY CRETACEOUS (BURRO CANYON FM) TO TRIASSIC(?)/JURASSIC (NAVAJO SANDSTONE). PROSPECT IN SEC. 31 IS IN ENTRADA SANDSTONE (JURASSIC); PROSPECTS IN SEC. 01 ARE IN JUNCTION CREEK SANDSTONE (JURASSIC). SOME CU ALTERATION MINERALS DISTRIBUTED ALONG FRACTURES, IN SMALL CAVITIES, AND REPLACING ALTERED FELDSPAR AND HORNBLENDE PHENOCRYSTS IN DIORITE PORPHYRY.

Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT PITS; ONE SHALLOW SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH


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.


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