Mine detail: Mineral Hill Mine

Previously called 'Mineral Hill 1-8'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.42417, -106.84562

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Metasedimentary Rocks;Quartz Vein
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field, Gold Basin Anticline; Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009279
DEP	10013142
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 10993}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.