Unnamed Copper Prospect

The Unnamed Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Baca county, Colorado at an elevation of 4,616 feet.

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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: Unnamed Copper Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Baca

Elevation: 4,616 Feet (1,407 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 37.0625, -103.03861

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Unnamed Copper Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Baca
District: Carrizo Creek (Estelene) District


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

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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sierra Grande Uplift

Type: L
Description: Tecolote And Pat Canyon Monoclines


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite, Azurite, Hematite


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF BEAR CANYON 0.4 MILE EAST OF JACKPOT MINE

Comment (Workings): PROBABLY SMALL PROSPECT PIT


References

Reference (Deposit): FAY, R.O., 1981, TRIASSIC COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SHEEP PEN SANDSTONE OF NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (IN PREPARATION).

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE "RED BED" COPPER DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7740.

Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, T.G., 1954, GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF BACA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1256.


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