Mine detail: Mollie Gibson Mine

Previously called 'Lone PineEmmaSan QuoitBromideMollie GibsonSilver KingJenny V.SunsetEmoliteClaims: Chamberlain'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.1911, -106.80701

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Gangue:	Barite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
Host type:	Shale,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Aplite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Gibson Fault, Emma Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Near-Complete Oxidation Of Zn Ore; Dolomitization; Ferration,

References

MRDS	D009643
DEP	10013381
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 181-185}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1226, 1910, 2120, 3924, 3960, 4281 AM, 4746, 5310}{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 26-28}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.