Mine detail: Lucky Strike Mine

Previously called 'Belle Valaisane, MS 13897Patented Claims: Lucky Strike, MS 9125Mammoth, MS 13897Horse Shoe, MS 17122Only Chance, MS 17455Modoc, MS 17455'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.43111, -106.85368

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Tellurium, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Fluorite, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Metarhyolite And Aplite Dikes
Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Lulu Fault, Gold Basin Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D009284
DEP	10013145
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1909, NOTES ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHEASTERN GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO; USGS BULL. 380, P. 37-38.}{Deposit:: AFIFI, A.M., 1981, STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE IRIS DISTRICT, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 287-292.}{Deposit:: AFIFI, A.M., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE IRIS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2302.}{Deposit:: 5) COLORADO DIV. OF MINES INSP. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: 6) BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 9125, 13897, 17122, 17455}{Deposit:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; INSPECTORS REPTS. 6/23/22, 12/12/33, 10/11/34, 5/31/49; MINE MGR. REPT. 1900, PT.1,P.285}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES AND OPERATOR REPTS. AND INSPECTORS REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.