Mine detail: Mammoth Good Hope Mine

Previously called 'Good Hope MineGood Hope, Mammoth Chimney'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34306, -107.00729

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Sulfur
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony, Vanadium, Bismuth, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Petzite, Rickardite, Sphalerite, Sulfur, Sylvanite, Tetradymite
Gangue:	Jasper, Limonite, Roscoelite
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1898
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone (Felsite And Felsite Porphyry);Quartz Vein
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009438
DEP	10013249
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J. C., STEVEN, T. A., AND HEDLUND, D. C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPRING HILL CREEK QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-713}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 12454 AND 12456}{Deposit:: SHARPS, T.I., 1965, SULFUR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 6 &&}{Deposit:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPORTS AND INSPECTORS REPORTS. &&}{Deposit:: NELSON, A.P., NO DATE , MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON CO.): COLO. STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT. &&}{Deposit:: LAKES, ARTHUR, 1898, ORES OF THE VULCAN MINE: MINES AND MINERALS, V. 18, JULY, P. 562-563}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.