Mine detail: Free Gold District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.83056, -106.09949

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Granitic Rocks
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010521
DEP	10013949
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MIN ERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 45}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PR ELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTER N COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 138, P. 64}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.