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: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.34944, -107.18007
dep_id: 10014411
mrds_id: D011164
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Thorite
gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Schist,Amphibolite
arock_unit: Quartz Diorite;Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite;Melasyenite
arock_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:
  • 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
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