Mine detail: Lilly Belle Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: Old FaithfulAnnabella Nos. 1-2'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.39, -107.13619

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Copper, Thorium, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Powellite, Scheelite, Thorite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Black Canyon Schist
Host type:	Syenite,Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Syenite;Granite Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite
Associated type:	Quartz Syenite,Syenite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011137
DEP	10090961
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.}{Deposit:: ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1943, SCHEELITE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 33, NO. 6, P. 313-314.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1977, AGE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LOWER PALEOZOIC ALKALIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, CARBONATITES, AND THORIUM VEINS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 5, NO. 6, P. 673-687.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PALN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.}{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 13-14.}{Deposit:: SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 5, P. 7.}{Deposit:: COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1953 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 69.}{Production:: BELSER, 1956, P. 14}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.