Mine detail: Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12

Previously called 'Hellgate Gulch Open Pit'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.30279, -105.3489

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Barite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Syenite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Small Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009602
DEP	10013359
Reference	{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 87-90}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.