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Unnamed Cu Prospect (MRDS - 10087812), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 52' 25'' North , 105° 21' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Coal Creek2,400 (2011)3.8km
Eldorado Springs585 (2011)10.0km
Rollinsville181 (2011)12.5km
Black Hawk125 (2017)13.9km
Saint Anton Highlands288 (2016)14.8km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Flatirons Mineral ClubBoulder, Colorado18km
Mile High Rock and Mineral SocietyArvada, Colorado25km
Colorado Mineral SocietyLakewood, Colorado31km
Denver Gem and Mineral GuildDenver, Colorado36km
Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chapter Denver, Colorado36km
Mindat Locality ID:
114840
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:114840:7
GUID (UUID V4):
2868c909-22c6-4efc-82ba-2a186f8c9e5d


REF:Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)
Deposit:: WELLS, J.D., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE ELDORADO SP
Commodities (Major) - Copper
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Quartzite, Maroon Formation
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Hurricane Hill Fault Zone, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone, Coal Creek Syncline
Host Rock: Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

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HHydrogen
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
SSulfur
S ChalcociteCu2S
CuCopper
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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