Mine detail: Unidentified Whitehorn Gold Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.66111, -105.90531

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Quartz Monzonite (Whitehorn Stock)
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Pleasant Valley Syncline
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010358
DEP10013836
Reference{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}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.