Description
Ralph Fairchild ?
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Silver
GangueQuartz, Schist
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Goat Park Fault (Ne-Trending), Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Last production1917
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10013373
MRDS IDD009633
Alternate namesCopper Girl 1906, Patented Claims: Valley View
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.40473, -105.39696
References
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. 39-43TAYLOR, 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.WORCESTER, P. G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 55-57.COKER, 1982