Mine detail: Betty Mine

Previously called 'Lone Chimney MineBetty Lowe'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.73833, -105.56447

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Anthophyllite, Calcite, Cordierite, Garnet, Quartz, Sillimanite, Spinel

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1932
Last production ended: 1960

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:Rocks Of Guffey Volcanic Center; Basalt Dikes, Tuff And Tuff Breccia
Associated type:Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSDC00344
DEP10016084
Reference{Deposit:: DMEA RECORDS}{Deposit:: DOC. 3484, AND DOC. 10,080, MICROFILM COMM. FILES, MIN. DEP. BRANCH}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., AND BEVER, J.E., 1957 OCCURENCES OF SILLIMANITE-GROUP MINERALS IN PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORRADO; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY VOL. 52, NO. 4 P. 46-47.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64}{Deposit:: 5) BEVER, J.E., 1953, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY REGION, COLORADO; AMERICAN MINERALOGIST VOL. 38 NO 1 & 2 P 138-141.}{Deposit:: 6) LOVERING, T.S. AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE COLORADO; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223 P. 69-70}{Deposit:: 7) BEVER, J.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE GUFFEY AREA, COLORADO; UNIV OF MICH PHD THEESIS}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P. 00}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.}
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