Holbrook

The Holbrook is a copper mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,001 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: Holbrook  

State:  Colorado

County:  La Plata

Elevation: 11,001 Feet (3,353 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 37.4836, -107.47470

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Holbrook MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Holbrook
Secondary: Copper Plate
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Uranium


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: Cave Basin


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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE HOSTED IN FRACTURES AND PARTIALLY REPLACED PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE.

Comment (Location): A.B. Wilson unable to verify location based on references. The only place I found Holbrook mentioned is in Bull. 1261F, p. 113. It is not shown on any of the plates though is considered part of "Group J" on fig. 17, p. 110. It is possible that this site could be either samples 142-144 or 145-149 on MLA 19-85, pl. 2. The location is probably accurate within about 2 km.

Comment (Deposit): Reference to CRIB # DC01912

Comment (Deposit): No mention of Holbrook in MLA 2-92. MRDS record DC01912 is no longer in the database.

Comment (Names): A.B. Wilson unable to verify any of the alternative names. Holbrook, Mary Murphy, and Silver Reef are the only names mentioned as past producers in the Cave Basin area in Steven and others, 1969, Bull. 1261-F, p. 113.


References

Reference (Deposit): Steven and others, 1969, USGS Bull. 1261-F, p. 113.

Reference (Deposit): REF: CRIB #DC01912 (This record no longer exists in MRDS).

Reference (Deposit): Korzeb and Scott, 1992, Mineral Investigations of the Weminuche Wilderness Additions: U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA 2-92, p. 17-18. (Does not mention Holbrook).


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