Colorado Copper Company Mine

Fremont County, Colorado, United States

Copper Silver Vanadium

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryCopper

SecondarySilver

TertiaryVanadium

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu

Deposit sizeN

WorkingsUnderground

Ore controlCarbonaceous Shales, Coal Seams Control Ore

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite, Silver

GangueBarite

Geology

Host rockShale,Siltstone,Sandstone · Minturn Formation, Belden Formation;Harding Sandstone

StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault, Nearby Fault Is Barren; North-Trending Faults East Of But Near Cotopaxi Fault

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

AlterationOxidized To Reddish, Yellowish, Or Red-Brown Color

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1907

Last production1907

Discovery year1875

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References

LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 170-174.BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48.TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.SCOTT, G.R., 1975, HISTORIC TRAIL MAPS OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-930, 1:250,000

Identification

Deposit ID10087763

MRDS IDD009460

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates38.4939, -105.69836