Unnamed Prospects

The Unnamed Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,891 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

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Shipman Park 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
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Medicine Bow Uplift, Rawah Batholith

Type: L
Description: Shipman Park Fault, Unnamed Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE SAMPLE FROM SHAFT DUMP CONTAINED 2.3% CU AND 0.55 OZ/TO N AG. PIT NEAR SHAFT CONTAINED 0.04% CU. SAMPLE FROM PIT IN SE SEC. 02 CONTAINED 0.12% CU AND 0.11 OZ/TON AG.

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS LIE IN RAWAH GRANITE AT INTERSECTION OF FAULT SYSTEMS T RENDING N57E AND N30 TO 42W.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS; ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN MCGUIRE CREEK AND BRITISH CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

References

Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RAWAH WIL DERNESS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OFR 82-376

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