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Mollie Gibson Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013381
MRDS ID D009643
Record type Site
Current site name Mollie Gibson Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Chamberlain, Lone Pine, Emma, San Quoit, Bromide, Mollie Gibson, Silver King, Jenny V., Sunset, Emolite
Related records 10240192

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.80701, 39.1911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2463
Relative position 0.7 MILES N 67 E FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010S 084W 07 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 600 FT SW OF SMUGGLER SHAFT. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Near-Complete Oxidation Of Zn Ore; Dolomitization; Ferration,

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Porphyry
    Rock description Aplite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
    Rock description Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Mbr);Belden Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Gibson Fault, Emma Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault, Later Less-Steep Cross-Faults, Later High-Angle Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2133.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 770-TO 800-FT-DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT AND TEN LEVELS. POLYBASITE ORE ON GIBSON FAULT DEVELOPED IN LEVELS 2, 3, AND 4. WORKINGS CONNECT ON NW WITH SILVER KING SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LISTED ABOVE REPRESENT MOLLIE GIBSON CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. (1916)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 181-185

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1226, 1910, 2120, 3924, 3960, 4281 AM, 4746, 5310

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 26-28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (SEE LAST PAGE)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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