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Gold Quartz Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tellurium, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014673
MRDS ID D011558
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Quartz Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Red Cloud, MS 622, Unpatented Claim: Gold Quartz, Gold Quartz Nos. 1-6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.28841, 38.00251 (WGS84)
Elevation 2841
Relative position 2.4 MILES S 33 E FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 004W 10 W2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PATENTED CLAIM LIES EAST OF LAKE FORK ACROSS DEADMAN GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TUNNEL OPENING IN DEADMAN GULCH, IN SW NE SW NE SEC. 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Fish Canyon Tuff;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
    Rock description Fish Canyon Tuff;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.28841, 38.00251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Radial Fracture/Fault Related To Lake City Caldera Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Lake (Lake City) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mid-Continent Corp.
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Wells
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION, IF ANY, FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1945. PRODUCTION CITED FOR 1945-1947 WAS CREDITED TO GOLD QUARTZ AS ONLY MINE ACTIVE IN LAKE DISTRICT. PRODUCTION FOR 1951 NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY BUT COMBINED WITH FIGURES FOR OTHER LAKE DISTRICT MINES, AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • 240-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL TO VEIN; 35-FT WINZE WITH 50-FT NE DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LOCATED NEAR CONTACT OF FISH CANYON QUARTZ LATITIC ASH FLOW AND OVERLYING ALTERED CARPENTER RIDGE RHYOLITIC ASH FLOW IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA MOAT-FILL NEAR NE MARGIN. VEIN LIES IN RADIAL FRACTURE/FAULT PROJECTING NE FROM LAKE CITY CALDERA AND RED MTN RHYOLITE INTRUSION. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, RHODOCHROSITE-TETRAHEDRITE ZONE. ORE CHARACTERIZED BY TELLURIDES AND BY PLUMOSE OR SHEAFLIKE AGGREGATES OF WURTZITE INTERGROWN WITH SPHALERITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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