Mine detail: Gormax Mine

Previously called 'Gormax Mine No. 1Gormax Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.90473, -106.91951

Resource(M)

Primary:

Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Mammoth Mtn. Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Mammoth Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas, Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone; Creede Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D007877
DEP	10012319
Reference	{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.}{Deposit:: LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.