CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
76 United States (Colorado) 37.28 N -- 102.14 W Independence Cu; Ag; Au
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
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; sandstone
Internal host rock structures:crossbedding
porous
Individual lithologies:sandstone (arkosic - light)
Host rock stratigraphy:Purgatoire Formation
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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