Mine detail: Gunnison Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: GunnisonMs 11846'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.35222, -107.10285

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper, Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Tellurium, Selenium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Quartzofeldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
Host type:Quartzite
Associated 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

MRDSD011166
DEP10014413
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.