Mine detail: Headlight Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Headlight, MS 16336Poorman, MS 16336Portland. MS 16336: Gray Horse, MS 16336Baltimore, MS 1981Camp Bird, MS 19981Boston, MS 19982Badger, MS 19983Portland Extension, MS 20114Camp Bird No. 1, MS 20114Camp Bird No. 2, MS 20114Boston Extension, MS 20115Headlight Extension, MS 20115'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.35083, -107.11507

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Cordierite, Gahnite, Garnet, Malachite, Sericite, Tremolite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Diabase Dikes
Associated type:	Diabase,Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Headlight Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011167
DEP	10101887
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.}{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.}{Deposit:: NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON OLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.}{Deposit:: TROST, P.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE VULCAN-ANACONDA-HEADLIGHT MINE AREA, DUBOIS GREENSTONE BELT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. CONSULTING REPT.}{Deposit:: NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16336, 19981, 19982, 19983, 20114, 20115}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2251, P. 141-142.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.