Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlQuartz Veins Cutting Amphibolite And Metasediments
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Migmatite,Amphibolite · Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite;Metamorphic Rocks--Quartz-Biotite Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, West Elk Centers, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Unnamed Anticline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014559
MRDS IDD011384
Alternate namesSyndicate, MS 10716, Golden Stair, MS 11268, Patented Claims: Pure Gold, MS 8430, Boulginour, MS 10712, Golden Era, MS 10712, Gage, MS 10713, Hunter, MS 10713, W.C. Dillon, MS 10715
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.47472, -106.91284
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.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 SURVEYS MS 8430, 10712, 10713, 10715, 10716, 11268