Anaconda Mine

Gunnison County, Colorado, United States

GoldSilverCopperZinc

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Commodities

PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper

TertiaryZinc

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

Ore controlChert Layer In Unaltered Volcanic Rock; Lenticular Debris Flow Within Volcanic Sequence

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite

GangueMalachite

Geology

Host rockQuartzite · Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite

Associated rockBasalt

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

Last production1915

Identification

Deposit ID10014409

MRDS IDD011161

Alternate namesPoorman, MS 16336, Alice's, Golconda, Copper Girl Nos. 1-3, Audry, Lewis G., Nancy, Rudy, Sandy Z., Smokey Joe, Lee, Grace, Welch No. 1, Cameron No. 2, Jimmy V., Arelin, Danni Nos. 1-2, Copper Queen, James Mack, King, Patented Claims: Golden Dawn, MS 13178, Copper Cap, MS 13178, Headlight, MS 16336, Portland, MS 16336, Alberta Nos. 1-2, Perry, Gray Horse, MS 16336, Wade, MS 18125, Baltimore, MS 19981, Camp Bird, MS 19981, Badger, MS 19983, Portland Extension, MS 20114, Camp Bird No. 1, MS 20114, Camp Bird No. 2, MS 20114, Boston Extension, MS 20115, Headlight Extension, MS 20115, Unpatented Claims: Ginny Lou, Betsy, Don, Dee, Ester, Sanches, Louise, Gladys May, Margaret

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates38.34222, -107.10174

References

HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, 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.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.TROST, P.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE VULCAN-ANACONDA-HEADLIGHT MINE AREA, DUBOIS GREENSTONE BELT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. CONSULTING REPT.NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 13178, 16336, 18125, 19981, 19983, 20114, 20115DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2251, P. 142.