Mine detail: Golden Treasure Tunnel

Previously called 'Nora BDelphosHannahGolden Treasure Mill SiteRaven'

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.88696, -105.58947
dep_id: 10012950
mrds_id: D008981
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Granodiorite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault And Unnamed Branch Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1934
yr_lst_prd: 1936
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1935-1938.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATO* REPT.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558
  • Deposit:: CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-764.
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