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: Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.98834, -107.29507
dep_id: 10014677
mrds_id: D011557
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: Silification
ore_ctrl: Ne-Trending Radial Fault/Fracture Related To Lake City Caldera Formation
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
hrock_type: Sandstone,Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
arock_type: Quartz Latite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • 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.
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