Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Silver
TertiaryLead, Tellurium, Selenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFolded Metamorphosed Chert Layer Near Metasedimentary-Metavolcanic Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Quartzofeldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
Associated rockGabbro,Basalt
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 ID10014413
MRDS IDD011166
Alternate namesPatented Claim: Gunnison, Ms 11846
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.35222, -107.10285
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.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.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.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.BURBANK, W.S., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. 1930.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 11846COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.