| Location: | Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.32083, -107.03784 |
| dep_id: | 10014384 |
| mrds_id: | D011130 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Silver, Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Apatite, Aurichalcite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chlorite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gahnite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Rutile, Sericite, Sphene, Tennantite, Tourmaline, Zircon |
| other_matl: | Pyrite |
| ore_ctrl: | Quartz Vein Along Interfingering Contact Between Felsite And Granite |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite |
| hrock_type: | Syenite,Schist,Amphibolite,Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Augite Syenite And Biotite Syenite;Trachyte And Trachite Dikes;Quartz Vein |
| arock_type: | Syenite,Trachyte,Granite |
| Structure: | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| References: |
- Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 19758 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
- Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.
- Deposit:: HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., 1983, GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUICEBOOK: DREGS.
- Deposit:: DROBECK, P.A., 1981, PROTEROZOIC SYNGENETIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 279-286.
- Deposit:: NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 5.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 16973, 18807, 18956
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