Mine detail: Wilfley-Kimberly Mine

Previously called 'Wilfley Adit (Tunnel)Delphose TunnelKimberly Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.43388, -106.19811

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	White Quail Limestone Mbr., Minturn Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	quartz monzonite porphyry
Associated type:	Porphyry
Structure:	SW flank of Kokomo syncline, many small high-angle faults
Alteration processes:	silicification (jasperoid)

References

MAS	81170258
DEP	10191953
Reference	{Deposit:: Koschmann, A. H., and Wells, F. G., 1946, Preliminary report on the Kokomo mining district, Colorado: Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 15, no. 2, p. 51-112.}{Deposit:: Bergendahl, M. H., and Koschmann, A. H., 1971, Ore deposits of the Kokomo-Tenmile district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 652, 53 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
Reporter	Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Beach, Richard A.