Description
Mineral Hill Gold Mines Co.
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlQuartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Metamorphic And Igneous Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Metasedimentary Rocks;Quartz Vein
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein
StructureGunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field, Gold Basin Anticline; Unnamed Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10013142
MRDS IDD009279
Alternate namesMineral Hill 1-8
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.42417, -106.84562
References
OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 10993