Mine detail: Goose Creek District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.3506, -107.17893

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc, Manganese, Lead, Thorium, REE
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: STRATABOUND, MASSIVE SULFIDE; VEIN; DISSEMINATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATE; PLACER
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1880
Last production ended: 1934

Geology

Structure:GUNISON GOLD BELT, IRON HILL ALKALIC COMPLEX, TOLVAR PEAK STOCK, CIMARRON FAULT, GUNNISON UPLIFT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD
Alteration processes:FE OXIDATION; CHLORITIZATION, SERICITIZATION, AND CALCITIZATION OF METAVOLCANICS AND METASEDIMENTS; ALKALI METASOMATISM OR REPLACEMENT OF WALLROCKS BY ORTHOCLASE IN TH VEINS

References

MRDSD011165
DEP60000384
Reference{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRAIN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.}{Deposit:: DROBEC, P.A., 1981, PROTEROZOIC SYNGENETIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., ED., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 279-286.}{Deposit:: NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C. AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GINNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GINNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS}