Mine detail: Unidentified Whitehorn Gold Deposit

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.66111, -105.90531
dep_id: 10013836
mrds_id: D010358
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Dikes, Faults
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Quartz Monzonite (Whitehorn Stock)
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Pleasant Valley Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 87.
  • Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
  • Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174 &&
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978
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