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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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 23' 37'' North , 105° 24' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cañon City | 16,400 (2013) | 15.8km |
| Lincoln Park | 3,546 (2011) | 17.3km |
| Brookside | 246 (2017) | 19.4km |
| Rockvale | 498 (2017) | 21.9km |
| Williamsburg | 656 (2017) | 22.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Canon City Geology Club | Canon City, Colorado | 16km |
Mindat Locality ID:
112937
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112937:6
GUID (UUID V4):
1ec3d869-3735-4379-b69b-0627425d78d9
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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7 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sillimanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ Silver Formula: Ag |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Sillimanite | 9.AF.05 | Al2(SiO4)O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Silver | Ag |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10013373 |
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