Mine detail: Gilman (Red Cliff) District

Previously called 'Red Cliff DistrictBattle Mountain District'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.53416, -106.39228

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Manganese, Iron
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Cerargyrite, Cerussite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Barite, Dolomite, Goethite, Pyrite, Gypsum, Quartz, Siderite, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form:	REPLACEMENT

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sawatch Quartzite, Peerless Formation, Parting Formation, Dyer Dolomite, Gilman Sandstone, Leadville Dolomite, Belden Formation, Minturn Formation
Host type:	Orthoquartzite,Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock,Dolomite,Sandstone,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rock:	Cross Creek Granite, Harding Sandstone, Pando Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite,Sandstone,Quartz Latite
Structure:	NE flank of Sawatch anticline
Alteration processes:	dolomitization and dissolution

References

MAS	80370002
DEP	10288667
Reference	{Deposit:: Crawford, R. D., and Gibson, R., 1925, Geology and ore deposits of the Red Cliff district, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 30, 89 p.}{Deposit:: KNICKERBOCKER G S AND VIRGIL MILLER BUMINES R I 3659 1942}{Deposit:: MUILENBERG G A COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 15 1919}{Deposit:: PEELE ROB MINING ENGINEERS HANDBOOK VOL 1 JN WILEY AND SONS}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY JOSEPH B ENG AND MIN JOUR VOL 104 NO 26 DEC 29 1917}{Deposit:: Radabaugh, R. E., Merchant, J. S., and Brown, J. M., 1968, Geology and ore deposits of the Gilman (Red Cliff, Battle Mountain) district, Eagle County, Colorado, in Ridge, J. D., editor, Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales volume): New York, American Institute of Mining Engineers, p. 641-664.}{Deposit:: Lovering, T. S., and Tweto, O. L., and Lovering T. G., 1978, Ore deposits of the Gilman district, Eagle County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1017, 90 p.}{Production:: Long, K. R., DeYoung, J. H., Jr., and Ludington, S. D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, pt. B.}
Reporter	Beach, Richard A.