Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlQuartz Vein Along Interfingering Contact Between Felsite And Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueApatite, Aurichalcite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chlorite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gahnite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Rutile, Sericite, Sphene, Tennantite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockSyenite,Schist,Amphibolite,Rhyolite · Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Associated rockSyenite,Trachyte,Granite · Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Augite Syenite And Biotite Syenite;Trachyte And Trachite Dikes;Quartz Vein
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10014384
MRDS IDD011130
Alternate namesPatented Claims: Ute Trail, MS 16973, Cayuse, MS 16973, Tepee, MS 16973, Pappoose, MS 16973, Tom Tom, MS 16973, Ute Warrior, MS 16973, Medicine Man, MS 16973, Shavano, MS 16973, Ute Buck, MS 16973, Wigwam, MS 16973, Ute Chief, MS 16973, Dutch, MS 18807, Gold Pick, MS 18956, Fairview, MS 18956, Belle of the West, MS 18956, Ute Squaw, MS 16973
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.32083, -107.03784
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 19758 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN 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.HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., 1983, GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUICEBOOK: DREGS.DROBECK, P.A., 1981, PROTEROZOIC SYNGENETIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 279-286.NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 5.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 16973, 18807, 18956