Colorado · La Plata County
Occurrence

Swamp Copper Deposit

La Plata County, Colorado, United States
IronCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSaturated Valley-Fill Alluvium And Muck
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper
GangueTroilite
Geology
Host rockAlluvium · Alluvium And Bog Materail
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationAlteration Of Chalcopyrite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10090949
MRDS IDD010857
RegionNA
Data scoreE
Coordinates37.39695, -108.06593