Mine detail: Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12

Previously called 'Hellgate Gulch Open Pit'

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.30279, -105.3489
dep_id: 10013359
mrds_id: D009602
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Barite, Galena
gangue: Calcite
work_type: Unknown
model: 24: Carbonatite
alteration: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
ore_ctrl: Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
arock_unit: Syenite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Small Shear Zones
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • 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.
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