Lula Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013141
MRDS ID D009278
Record type Site
Current site name Lula Mine
Related records 10118653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.84562, 38.42778 (WGS84)
Elevation 2801
Relative position 9.1 MILES S 29 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(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

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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 001E 15 NE OF NW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES OF STUBBS GULCH AND MERRY-GO-ROUND GULCH, 0.2 MILE NORTH OF MINERAL HILL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MILS CITES AG, PB, AND ZN OCCURRING BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin
    Rock description Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks;Felsic Volcanic Rocks-Felsite And Felsite Porphyry
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks;Felsic Volcanic Rocks-Felsite And Felsite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.84562, 38.42778

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gold Basin Anticline; Unnamed Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Metamorphic And Igneous Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Green Mountain (Gold Basin) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., 1970, PERS. COMM. (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LIES ON SMALL FAULT PARALLEL TO MAIN FAULT (N50W) THAT DISPLACES SCHIST UNIT AGAINST FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS. METARHYOLITE/APLITE DIKE TRENDS ALONG FAULT TRACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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