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⇱ Copper Girl (Copper Girl 1906; Patented Claims: Valley View), Copper Gulch Area, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA

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Copper Girl (Copper Girl 1906; Patented Claims: Valley View), Copper Gulch Area, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USAi
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Copper Girl (Copper Girl 1906; Patented Claims: Valley View)Mine
Copper Gulch AreaArea
Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District)Mining District
Fremont CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 23' 37'' North , 105° 24' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Cañon City16,400 (2013)15.8km
Lincoln Park3,546 (2011)17.3km
Brookside246 (2017)19.4km
Rockvale498 (2017)21.9km
Williamsburg656 (2017)22.8km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Canon City Geology ClubCanon City, Colorado16km
Mindat Locality ID:
112937
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112937:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
Structure: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Goat Park Fault (Ne-Trending), Ilse Fault
Host Rock: Biotite Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

Structure: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field Goat Park Fault (Ne-Trending), Ilse Fault

Alteration: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Tectonics: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

Commodity: In 1919 it was felt that ore grades of cu and mo were increasing with depth; copper primarily in schists

Deposit: Molybdenum occurs between chalcopyrite bands of copper deposit

Deposit type: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Rock formation(s): Granodiorite
Migmatitic Gneiss


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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


7 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘ Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
ⓘ Native Silver
Formula: Ag
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘBornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘSillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
AlAluminium
Alⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SSulfur
Sⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
FeIron
Feⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
AgSilver
Agⓘ Native SilverAg

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