Mine detail: Red Mountain Prospect

Previously called 'Shamrock ClaimsMowe, Hollister and Drake Operation Claims: Mary Jean, Lucky Strike'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.29084, -105.46641

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1933
Last production ended:	1933

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Mcclure Mountain Complex;Granodiorite
Associated type:	Syenite,Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinzation

References

MRDS	D009618
DEP	10097857
Reference	{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 118-119}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES INSPECTION RECORDS, 1938}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.