Mine detail: Wild Goose Mine

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.09001, -105.20363
dep_id: 10010901
mrds_id: D004981
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Prospect
model: 27: Alkaline complexes
ore_ctrl: Small Gabbro Bodies
Reporter: Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Gabbro,Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Peridotite
Structure: Wet Mountains Area
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rockies
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1947
References:
  • Deposit:: VANDERWILT J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473, COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE.AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 1:24,000.
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