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Gold Links 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108106
MRDS ID DC01219
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Links Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Link

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.57867, 38.63167 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position R 3 1/2 E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(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 51N 03E 36 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is about 20 miles ENE of Gunnison, on the east side of Gold Creek, in the S/2 sec. 36, T 51 N. R 3-1/2 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.57867, 38.63167
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • A NE-trending sulfide vein runs parallel to schistosity of the host rocks and dips steeply to the west; in general it is from a few inches to 8 ft. in width. This may be the same vein exposed in the Sacremento mine up the hillside and to the east.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Brick District

Comments on the production information

  • About $600,000, mostly in gold, or up to 30,000 oz., was produced from 1908 to 1912.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A 1988 report outlines history, geology, exploration, and ore reserve potential. (Sunshine files)

Comments on development

  • Adit driven SE for 3900 ft.; intersects 6 veins, including the Gold Links, crosscut at 2150 ft. from the portal. Drifts on the Gold Links extend 1500 ft. to the NE and 500 ft. to the SW, and stopes on the vein extend about 360 ft. vertically.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 16-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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