| Deposit ID | 10090961 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011137 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lilly Belle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Unpatented Claims: Old Faithful, Annabella Nos. 1-2 |
| Related records | 10239078 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.13619, 38.39 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2527 |
| Relative position | 15.4 MILES S 48 W FROM GUNNISON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gunnison(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Carpenter Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Gunnison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 048N | 002W | 30 | N2 OF NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Syenite;Granite Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite |
| Rock description | Porphyritic Syenite;Granite Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| Rock unit name | Black Canyon Schist |
| Rock description | Black Canyon Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -107.13619, 38.39 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Unnamed Fault |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Wolf Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lilly Belle Mining And Milling Co. |
| Home office | Gunnison, Co. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011137 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080510207 |
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.
ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1943, SCHEELITE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 33, NO. 6, P. 313-314.
OLSON, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1977, AGE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LOWER PALEOZOIC ALKALIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, CARBONATITES, AND THORIUM VEINS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 5, NO. 6, P. 673-687.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PALN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 13-14.
SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 5, P. 7.
COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1953 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 69.
BELSER, 1956, P. 14
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE DEVELOPED AT CONTACT BETWEEN BLACK CANYON SCHIST/GNEISS AND LATE PRECAMBRIAN COMPOSITE SYENITE INTRUSION. GRANITE DIKES CUT SCHIST/GNEISS JUST BEYOND AND SUBPARALLEL TO SYENITE CONTACT. FOLIATION IN SCHIST/GNEISS TRENDS GENERALLY N 80 TO 85 W, 20 TO 30 SW. BELSER (1956) DESCRIBES DEPOSIT AS LARGE TALC(?) STREAK CUTTING GNEISS, CARRYING SHCEELITE, AND POSSIBLY RELATED TO FAIRLY STRONG NW-TRENDING FAULT. SCHEELITE CRYSTALS UP TO 4.5 LB IN WEIGHT WERE FOUND ON SURFACE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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