Mine detail: Mollie Gibson Mine

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

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Location: Pitkin County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.1911, -106.80701
dep_id: 10013381
mrds_id: D009643
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Barite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Near-Complete Oxidation Of Zn Ore; Dolomitization; Ferration,
conc_proc: Downward Enrichment Of Ag, Formation Of Native Ag At Expense Of Ag Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Bedding Plane Fault, Later Less-Steep Cross-Faults, Later High-Angle Normal Fault
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Dolomite
arock_unit: Aplite Porphyry
arock_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
References:
  • 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
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