Mine detail: Gem Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.27557, -105.54669

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Silver, Cobalt, Copper
Ore: Annabergite, Chalcocite, Niccolite, Silver, Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885

Geology

Host type:Gabbro,Pyroxenite
Associated rock:Carbonatite Dike (Dolomite-Barite-Monazite);Pyroxenite
Associated type:Gabbro,Pyroxenite
Structure:Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Ne-Trending Faults, Gem Park Complex
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD009670
DEP10013400
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, 125 P.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP -900, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: PARKER, R. L. AND SHARP, W. N., 1970, MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC IGNEOUS ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED CARBONATITES OF THE GEM PARK COMPLEX, CUSTER AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF PAPER 649, 24 P.}{Deposit:: ARGALL, PHILIP, 1893, NICKEL; OCCURRENCE, GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION AND GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, WITH DISCUSSION BY THOMAS CHARLTON: COLORADO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS, V. 4, P. 419-421}{Deposit:: 5) CROSS, WHITMAN, 1884, A LIST OF SPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS, V. 1, P. 134}{Deposit:: 6) ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO-A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULLETIN 1114, P. 20, 55, 242.}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.