Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlMineralization Localized In Quartz Vein Filling Post-Collapse Concentric(?) Fault Beyond North Rim Of Main Collapse Structure.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockDiorite,Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
StructureSawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Arkansas Valley Graben, Twin Lakes Batholith, Grizzly Peak Cauldron, Mt Elbert Volcanotectonic Depression, Lincoln Gulch Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1879
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10101854
MRDS IDD010415
Alternate namesMount Hope Mill Site, MS 1881b, Golden Champion, MS 1882a, Golden Champion Mill Site, MS 1882b, Claims:Mount Hope, MS 1881a
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.11055, -106.6284
References
CRUSON, M.G., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GRIZZLY PEAK CAULDRON COMPLEX, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES PH.D. THESIS T-1538.ROHLFING, D.P., 193? REPORT ON THE INDEPENDENCE GOLD PROPERTY, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 7 P.HOWELL, J.V., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN LAKES DISTRICT OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 17, 106 P.LUDINGTON, STEVE, AND ELLIS, C.E., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE HUNTER-FRYINGPAN WILDERNESS AND THE PORPHYRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-1236-D. &&LUDINGTON, STEVE, AND YEOMAN, R.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTER-FRYINGPAN WILDERNESS AREA AND THE PORPHYRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-1236-A.