Mine detail: Gunnison Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: GunnisonMs 11846'

Location:	Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.35222, -107.10285
dep_id:	10014413
mrds_id:	D011166
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral:	Lead, Tellurium, Selenium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
gangue:	Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz
ore_ctrl:	Folded Metamorphosed Chert Layer Near Metasedimentary-Metavolcanic Contact
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Quartzofeldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
hrock_type:	Quartzite
arock_type:	Gabbro,Basalt
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., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178. Deposit:: NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18. 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:: 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:: BURBANK, W.S., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. 1930. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 11846 Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.