South Fremont County Prospects

The South Fremont County Prospects is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: South Fremont County Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Southern Grape Creek Area

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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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: Barite-fluorite veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Foliation And Most Shears Strike N 35 E; In One Pit A Cross Shear Strikes N 60 W

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization, Chloritization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.06 TO 0.13% CU, 0.01 TO 0.06% ZN

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): BARITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS

Comment (Location): TRAVEL 21 MILES S OF CANON CITY ON OAK CREEK GRADE, THEN TURN WEST ON UNIMPROVED DIRT ROAD FOR 2.5 MILES TO VICINITY OF CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): PITS, SHAFT; SHAFT IS 3 FT X 6 FT X 56 FT DEEP; PIT 1 IS CIRCULAR, 8 FT IN DIAMETER, 5 FT DEEP; PIT 2 IS CIRCULAR, 3 FT DIAMETER, 1 FT DEEP; PIT 3 IS 18 FT DIAMETER, 10 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 101-103

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

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