Mine detail: Mount Wilson District

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Location:	Dolores, San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.8603, -107.98485
dep_id:	60000379
mrds_id:	D010892
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral:	Zinc
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURE VEINS, DISSEMINATION
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration:	ALTERATION OF SULFIDE TO OXIDES; ALTERATION OF SULFIDE TO CARBONATES AND SULFATE
ore_ctrl:	GENERALLY EAST-WEST-TRENDING FISSURES CUTTING INTRUSIVE ROCKS
Structure:	WILSON PEAK STOCK, BLACK FACE PLUTON, AMES PLUTON, PARADOX BASIN, SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS
Year first produced:	1882
yr_lst_prd:	1961
dy_ba:	>
disc_yr:	1880
References:	Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT WILSON QUADRANGLE, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1227, 100 P. Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WILSON MOUNTAINS PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1353-A. Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PEAK QUANDRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536. Deposit:: NASON, F.L., 1900, THE GEOLOGY AND VEIN SYSTEMS OF THE MOUNT WILSON MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 69, P. 681-682. Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., 1961, EMPLACEMENT OF THE WILSON PEAK STOCK AND ASSOCIATED INTRUSIVE ROCKS, SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-C, P. C137-C139. Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND BUSH, A.L., 1968, MULTIPLE INTRUSION IN THE SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN AHOMAKER, JOHN, ED., GUIDEBOOK OF SAN JUAN-SAN MIGUEL-LA PLATA REGION, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 19TH FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 94-99. Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1960, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE CONE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1082-G, 69 P. Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND PURINGTON, C.W., 1899, DESCRIPTION OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 57. Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPRS. ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS P2