Colorado Copper Company Mine

The Colorado Copper Company Mine is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,481 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Colorado Copper Company Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Red Gulch District

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1875
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

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault

Type: L
Description: Nearby Fault Is Barren; North-Trending Faults East Of But Near Cotopaxi Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized To Reddish, Yellowish, Or Red-Brown Color

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVERTINE AND CALICHE

Comment (Geology): Deposit probably located close to the Cotopaxi Fault. Shaft located 100 ft west of contact with Proterozoic rocks (Lindgren, 1908). Near the 250 ft shaft, rsediments dip steeply. The shales "turn into" reddish-brown limestone at the shaft. Copper stains are most prevalent in a bed of quartzitic rock (Harding Quartzite?).

Comment (Location): BETWEEN BEAVER CREEK SCHOOL AND BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Location): Lindgren (1908) stated that the deposit is located 1000 ft east of Red Creek and 150 ft above it, at the abandoned settlement of Copperfield. Copperfield had a post office at one time, but is not shown on any modern maps.

Comment (Production): Production probably small.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT ON HILL 150 FT ABOVE CREEK

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 170-174.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., 1975, HISTORIC TRAIL MAPS OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-930, 1:250,000

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