Carson Mining Company Prospect

The Carson Mining Company Prospect is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Carson Mining Company Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont

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

Owner Name: Sam Irving
Home Office: Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1958 -

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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSOID

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Cotopaxi Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Microcline

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG A FAULT ZONE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT WIDE AND A MILE LONG

Comment (Location): Shownas a shaft on 1:24000 USGS topo map of Arkansas Mountain. Heinrich (1981) describes the location as 3 mi. northeast of Cotopaxi in the SE1/4 NE1/4 sec. 18, T. 48 N., R. 12 E.

Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFTS, PROSPECTS IN AREA

References

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 88-89

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.

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