Blue Mountain Prospect

The Blue Mountain Prospect is a mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 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: Blue Mountain Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Park

Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.94, -105.35056

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Blue Mountain Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Mountain Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range

Type: L
Description: Pulver Gulch-Rocky Gulch Fault, Lake George Ring Dike Complex


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Migmatization


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sillimanite
Gangue: Cordierite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): PROBABLY NOT OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE (HEINRICH, 1981)

Comment (Location): THE RIDGE BEGINS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE; THE RIDGE ITSELF IS 2.5 MILES LONG WITH MINERALIZATION ON NE SIDE NEAR BASE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Development): OTHER PROSPECTS ARE FOUND SOUTH OF THIS ADIT

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT


References

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.

Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FLORISSANT 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1044, 1:62,500.


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