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Carter Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016379
MRDS ID DC01121
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Mine
Alternate or previous names property includes Chloride, Grand Prize, Golden Islet and Volunteer mines
Related records 10166355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59533, 38.61194 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pitkin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 50N 03E 12 NE4 OF NW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is about 18 miles ENE of Gunnison, on the east side of Gold Creek, in the NW/4 sec. 12, T 50 N. R 3 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59533, 38.61194
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Several NE-trending sulfide fissure veins dip to the west, range from inches to several feet in thickness, and can be traced for up to several thousand feet in length.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1900-

Mining district

District name Gold Brick District

Comments on the production information

  • $415,000

Comments on development

  • Adit driven SE for 6550 ft.; intersects many veins, including the Golden Islet and Volunteer. Drifts on the adit level, and an 1,100-ft. raise to the old Volunteer workings extend development to 1100 ft. in height above the adit.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 24-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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