Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlGraben Fault Cutting Favorable Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Sinbad Valley Anticline, Sinbad Valley Graben, Salt Creek Graben
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Last production1942
Identification
Deposit ID10014262
MRDS IDD010959
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.53388, -108.97679
References
HOLMES, R.V., AND HARRER, C.M., 1952, INVESTIGATION OF THE COLORADO COPPER CO. PROPERTIES, MESA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4869.FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 593.SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF MESA COUNTY, A MODEL STUDY: CGS RESOURCE SER. 2, P. 14-16.SHOEMAKER, E.M., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE JUANITA ARCH QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-81.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCE BD., P. 141-142.HOLMES AND HARRER, 1952; VANDERWILT, 1947, P. 142.