Mine detail: Big Stake Nickel Deposit

Previously called 'Big Stake Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12918, -105.32085

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Nickel, Silver, Cobalt
Ore:	Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Undivided Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss,Peridotite
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Rosita Caldera
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D004848
DEP	10010845
Reference	{Deposit:: BIG STAKE NICKEL PROPERTY 1942 WAR MINERALS REPORT 1 7P.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 480.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES INSPECTION RECORDS}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.