Mine detail: Mount Wilson District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.8603, -107.98485

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Antimony
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: FISSURE VEINS, DISSEMINATION
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1882
Last production ended: 1961

Geology

Structure:WILSON PEAK STOCK, BLACK FACE PLUTON, AMES PLUTON, PARADOX BASIN, SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS
Alteration processes:ALTERATION OF SULFIDE TO OXIDES; ALTERATION OF SULFIDE TO CARBONATES AND SULFATE

References

MRDSD010892
DEP60000379
Reference{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}