Colorado · Fremont County
Prospect

Upper Copper Gulch Claims

Fremont County, Colorado, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
GangueAnhydrite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Shear Zones, Ilse Fault, Webster Park Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10094581
MRDS IDD009609
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.43557, -105.39335
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. 84-86TAYLOR, 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.