Description
H.H. Holford (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlQuartz Veins Cutting Igneous And Metamorphic Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Schist,Gneiss,Migmatite · Metamorphic Rocks--Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite;Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Diabase · Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein;Diabase Dikes
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, West Elk Centers, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Unnamed Anticline, Gold Basin Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10014557
MRDS IDD011382
Alternate namesGold Basin District, Ms 1984, Patented Claim: Belle Flora
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.44083, -106.89451
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134.OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286.HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY ALONG PARTS OF THE GUNNISON UPLIFT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 267-272.DROBECK, 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.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.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.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1984