Mine detail: Unnamed Mine

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Location: Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.11306, -107.50814
dep_id: 10014692
mrds_id: D011577
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Limonite
ore_ctrl: Plug And Radiating Dikes From Precaldera Volcano
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type: Monzonite,Rhyodacite,Andesite
arock_unit: Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Monzonite And Monzonite Porphyry);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries);Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Cone Breccias
arock_type: Monzonite,Rhyodacite,Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Cimarron Volcano
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
  • Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, P. 86, PLS. 1, 3.
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.
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