Mine detail: Lincoln District

Previously called 'Lincoln Gulch DistrictRuby District'

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Location: Gunnison, Pitkin County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.02139, -106.61202
dep_id: 60000371
mrds_id: D010413
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN, STOCKWORK
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
alteration: QUARTZ-SERICITE, QUARTZ-SERICITE-PYRITE, ARGILLIC, FE OXIDATION
ore_ctrl: POROUS INTRUSIVE FLOW BRECCIA, QUARTZ LATITE PLUG AND DIKES
Structure: GRIZZLY PEAK CAULDRON, MT ELBERT VOLCANOTECTONIC DEPRESSION, LINCOLN GULCH STOCK, SAWMILL PLUG, SAWATCH UPLIFT, CENTRAL COLORADO TROUGH, ARKANSAS VALLEY GRABEN, TWIN LAKES BATHOLITH
disc_yr: 1882
discr: S.F. Neeley And Others (First Claimants)
References:
  • Deposit:: CRUSON, M.G., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GRIZZLY PEAK CAULDRON COMPLEX, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PH.D. THESIS T-1538.
  • Deposit:: HOWELL, J.V., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN LAKES DISTRICT OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 17, 106 P.
  • Deposit:: WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 77-78.
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