Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Independence |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Colorado |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; stringers of cu minerals in fractures within ss |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag; Au |
Geological ages: |
Early Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneInternal host rock structures: | crossbedding porous | Individual lithologies: | sandstone (arkosic - light) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Purgatoire Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) stringers of Cu minerals in fractures within ss; production 1900-02 yielded 11419 lbs cu/1915-17 yielded 10092 lbs Cu; Cu occurs in basal member of formation |
References: |
Soule, J. H., 1956 |
Reconnaissance of the "Red Bed" Copper Deposits in Southeastern Colorado and New Mexico |
Information Circular, United States Department of The Interior, Bureau of Mines, Publication code 7740, 74 p. |
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