The West Blanca is a copper mine located in Alamosa county, Colorado.
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West Blanca MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Blanca
Secondary: West Blanca District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Alamosa
District: West Blanca
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: hydrothermal veins
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (General): Eillis, C.E. and others, 1983, Mineral investigations of Sangre de Cristo Wilderness area, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA65-83.
Reference (General): Johnson and others, 1984, Minerl Resource Potential of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study area, USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1635-A.
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