REF:Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 122-123.
Deposit:: TAYLOR
Commodities (Major) - Silver, Copper
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Dakota Sandstone, Dakota Formation
Structure: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault
Host Rock: Biotite Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

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Commodity List

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

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Malachite

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ 'Biotite gneiss'

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Malachite	5.BA.10	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

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
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

Rocky MountainsMountain Range

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Great Plains DomainDomain
Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt

USA

Central Colorado–Taos TroughBasin

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