| Deposit ID | 10014420 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011176 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Lot Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lot Mine, Patented Claim: Old Lot, MS 10592, Unpatented Claims: Gold Bank, Old Lot No. 1, Gold Pick, Spotter, Steep Dipper, Lucky Day |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.0948, 38.32028 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2682 |
| Relative position | 17.6 MILES S 31 W FROM GUNNISON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gunnison(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Powderhorn(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Gunnison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 047N | 002W | 15,16 | SW OF SW OF SW (15); SE OF SE OF SE (16) | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Biotite Syenite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Biotite Syenite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| Rock unit name | Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry |
| Rock description | Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry |
| (1) | -107.0948, 38.32028 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1934 |
| District name | Goose Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Peterson |
| Home office | Delta, Co. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Year | 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^30 Oz/Ton Au, 30 Oz/Ton Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1934 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.616 Oz/Ton Au (Crude Ore) | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 99.06M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011176 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080510258 |
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
HUNTER, J.F., 1925, PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS OF GUNNISON RIVER, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 777, P. 70-71.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 10592
BURBANK, W.S., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. 1929
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE DEVELOPED NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN DUBOIS GREENSTONE (FELSITE UNIT) AND SMALL BIOTITE SYENITE INTRUSION. FOLIATION IN FELSITE TRENDS GENERALLY N 50 TO 60 E, 75 TO 80 NW. FOLIATION WITHIN SYENITE BODY TRENDS GENERALLY N 33 TO 50 E, 75 TO 90 NW. EXACT TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNCERTAIN BUT MAY BE SIMILAR TO STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULFIDES FOUND IN MINES TO THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH ORE MINERALS NOT ENTIRELY KNOWN, BURBANK MENTIONS OCCURRENCE OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AU IN QUARTZ GANGUE IN GOLD-QUARTZ-TYPE DEPOSIT, POSSIBLY VEINLIKE. |
| Deposit | BLM CLAIM RECORDS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED DISTRICT NAME OF "WHITE EARTH" TO THIS CLAIM, BUT BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY TO OTHER GREENSTONE BELT MINES, IT IS INCLUDED IN GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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