Mine detail: Gladiator Mine

Previously called 'Gladiator, MS 628Patented Claims: Eureka, MS 138General Sherman, MS 1008Unpatented Claims: Little BenOre HouseMontanaMontana Nos. 1-9'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.98834, -107.29507

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese, Antimony
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Host type:Sandstone,Quartz Latite
Associated rock:Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated type:Quartz Latite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Silification

References

MRDSD011557
DEP10014677
Reference{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERAON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-991.}{Deposit:: KIRK, A.R., AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GLADIATOR MINE, LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-83-704.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 138, 628, 1008}{Deposit:: DALL, T.A., 1901, REPORT ON THE GLADIATOR GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO., CONCERNING THE ADJOINING GENERAL SHERMAN MINE: COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 15 P.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.