The Mollie Gibson Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,081 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,081 Feet (2,463 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.19111, -106.80639
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Mollie Gibson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mollie Gibson Mine
Secondary: Claims: Chamberlain
Secondary: Lone Pine
Secondary: Emma
Secondary: San Quoit
Secondary: Bromide
Secondary: Mollie Gibson
Secondary: Silver King
Secondary: Jenny V.
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Emolite
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Aspen (Roaring Fork) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Gibson Fault, Emma Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Near-Complete Oxidation Of Zn Ore; Dolomitization; Ferration,
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Location): IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 600 FT SW OF SMUGGLER SHAFT. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Development): CLAIMS LISTED ABOVE REPRESENT MOLLIE GIBSON CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. (1916)
Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 181-185
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1226, 1910, 2120, 3924, 3960, 4281 AM, 4746, 5310
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 26-28
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