Mine detail: Gnome Mine

Previously called 'Bull Run No. 1Gnome Nos. 1-26Patented Claim: Gnome, MS 14680Unpatented Claims: Sydney Nos. 1-3'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.92334, -107.52452

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011654
DEP	10101909
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY. COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-75-431.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 14680}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.