Colorado · Jefferson County
Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Prospect
Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
N
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss · Idaho Springs Formation---Microcline-Quartz-Plagioclase-Biotite Gneiss Unit
Associated rock
Pegmatite · Granitic Pegmatite
Structure
Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Junction Ranch Fault System, Unnamed Anticline
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10013712
MRDS ID
D010149
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
39.75971, -105.32641
References
SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)