Mine detail: Dubois Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Jessie, MS 14471Adair, MS 14471Menlo, MS 4471Maudie, MS 14675aLucky J., MS 14675aCapitola Mill Site, MS 14675bMarguerita, MS 15282aMary P.J., MS 15282aMenlo Mill Site, MS 15282bAunt Hattie, MS 14471Aunt Carrie, MS 14471Capitola, MS 14675aVictor, MS 14675aHayward, MS 14675aW.S. Chenoweth, MS 14675aPride of Denver, MS 14675a'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34944, -107.18007

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Thorium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Thorite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite;Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite;Melasyenite
Associated type:	Syenite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011164
DEP	10014411
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C, P. 24.}{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:: OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0, P. 704-706.}{Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. D-224 (ADAIR GROUP)}{Deposit:: NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 14471, 14675A&B, 15282A&B}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.