Mine detail: Gold Basin District

Previously called 'Ms 1984Patented Claim: Belle Flora'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.44083, -106.89451

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1886

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Metamorphic Rocks--Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite;Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Schist,Gneiss,Migmatite
Associated rock:Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein;Diabase Dikes
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Diabase
Structure:Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, West Elk Centers, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Unnamed Anticline, Gold Basin Stock
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011382
DEP10014557
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY ALONG PARTS OF THE GUNNISON UPLIFT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 267-272.}{Deposit:: DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2251.}{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:: AFIFI, A.M., 1981, STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE IRIS DISTRICT, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 287-292.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1984}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.