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Puzzle Deposit

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087829
MRDS ID D010244
Record type Site
Current site name Puzzle Deposit
Alternate or previous names Lionelle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07338, 38.64778 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6.8 MILES S 01 E OF NATHROP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 008E 27 CENTER OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF HECLA JUNCTION, EAST OF US HWY 285, WEST OF ARKANSAS RIVER; NW/4 SEC. 27, T 51 N, R 8 E. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Manganite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fluoritization

Analytical data

Result ONE THIN SECTION CONTAINS ABOUT 50% CAF2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Gneissic Quartz Monzonite;Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock description Gneissic Quartz Monzonite;Ash-Flow Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Banded Gneiss
    Rock description Banded Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dry Union Fm
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds, Faults; N-Trending Fault Bounding Arkansas Valley

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia; Fault Zone Striking N 30-50 W, Dipping 65-85 Sw; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Browns Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Lionelle And J. H. Lionelle

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1937-1949
    Material FLUORSPAR ORE
    Ore mined 393.68mt
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Metallurgical-Grade

Comments on the production information

  • METALLURGICAL-GRADE FLUORSPAR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 41.15M

Comments on development

  • AREA FIRST PROSPECTED IN LATE 1800'S FOR GOLD. ABOUT 1900 COPPER AND SILVER CAUSED RENEWED ACTIVITY. IN 1943 SCHEELITE WAS FOUND AND WORKED SPORADICALLY. IN 1956 THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT THE BOOMER MINE WERE LOCATED AND THE MAJOR PRODUCTION CONTINUED TO BE BERYLLIUM. MOLYBDENUM WAS FOUND IN 1917 WITH MINOR PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE REDSKIN STOCK IS ZONED, WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OCCURRING IN THE GRANITE-APLITE OR PORPHYRITIC GRANITE FACIES OF THE GREISENIZED REDSKIN GRANITE. EVEN THOSE DEPOSITS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE REDSKIN GRANITE ARE SPATIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO IT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-MAR-2006 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 10-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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