Description
F.S. Cuenin And Pat Daly (Claimants) (Claimants)
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Tellurium, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlQuartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Metamorphic And Igneous Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Fluorite, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSchist,Amphibolite · Dubois Greenstone--Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Metarhyolite And Aplite Dikes
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein
StructureGunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Lulu Fault, Gold Basin Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1934
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10013145
MRDS IDD009284
Alternate namesBelle Valaisane, MS 13897, Patented Claims: Lucky Strike, MS 9125, Mammoth, MS 13897, Horse Shoe, MS 17122, Only Chance, MS 17455, Modoc, MS 17455
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.43111, -106.85368
References
OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286HILL, J.M., 1909, NOTES ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHEASTERN GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO; USGS BULL. 380, P. 37-38.AFIFI, A.M., 1981, STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE IRIS DISTRICT, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 287-292.AFIFI, A.M., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE IRIS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2302.5) COLORADO DIV. OF MINES INSP. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.6) BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 9125, 13897, 17122, 17455COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; INSPECTORS REPTS. 6/23/22, 12/12/33, 10/11/34, 5/31/49; MINE MGR. REPT. 1900, PT.1,P.285COLO. DIV. MINES AND OPERATOR REPTS. AND INSPECTORS REPTS.