Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Hornblendic Gneiss
StructureWhite River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline, Spring Creek Fault, Unnamed Normal Faults
Tectonic settingColorado Platform; Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1909
Last production1941
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID10013511
MRDS IDD009856
Alternate namesBlack Bear, Sheep Run, Lynx, Cabin, Chipmunk, May Day, Grey Eagle M. S., Claims: Grey Eagle
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.67415, -107.52176
References
TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAPRICKARD, FORBES, 1909, GOLD ORE NEAR NEWCASTLE, COLORADO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 99, P. 503COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.