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Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Vein
- Host rock
- Metamorphic Rocks--Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite — Quartz Monzonite, Diorite, Schist, Gneiss, Migmatite
- Associated rock
- Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin — Quartz Monzonite, Diorite, Diabase
- Tectonic setting
- Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, West Elk Centers, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Unnamed Anticline, Gold Basin Stock
Quartz Veins Cutting Igneous And Metamorphic Rocks
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Discovered
- 1886
Records and 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
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10014557 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 38.44083, -106.89451
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