Mine detail: Green Mountain District

Previously called 'St. Joe, MS 11293Denver City, MS 11792Paymaster, MS 11911Dalore, MS 14457Morning Star, MS 14457James J. Corbett, MS 13157Mammoth, MS 13897Belle Valaisane, MS 13897Hill Top No. 1, MS 14457Hill Top No. 2, MS 14457Hill Top No. 3, MS 14457Carrie G., MS 14457Robert H., MS 14457Capital Prize, MS 14457Indiana, MS 14457Amazon, MS 14457Iris DistrictPatented Claims: Spring Placer, MS 9124Lucky Strike, MS 9125Good Record, MS 9126High Five, MS 9419Owego, MS 10065Valley View, MS 10065Dirigo No. 1, MS 10711Dirigo No. 2, MS 10711Tip Top, MS 10711Mineral Hill Nos. 1-8, MS 10993Iona, MS 11293Veteran, MS 11293North Star, MS 11293Modoc, MS 17455.Baltimore Boy, MS 14457Gold Dollar, MS 14736Horse Shoe, MS 17122E.S., MS 14457Only Chance, MS 17455'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.41694, -106.8309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Selenium, Tellurium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite
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, Lulu Fault, Gold Basin Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011383
DEP	10014558
Reference	{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:: AFIFI, A.M., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE IRIS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2302.}{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, P. 22-47.}{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:: 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:: OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286.}{Deposit:: SCHWARZ, T.E., 1906, REPORT ON THE DENVER CITY PROPERTY, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 5 P.}{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:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 9124, 9125, 9126, 9419, 10065, 10711, 10993, 11293, 11792, 11911, 13157, 13897, 14457, 14736, 17122, 17455}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.