Carter Mine

The Carter Mine is a gold mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Carter Mine
Secondary: property includes Chloride, Grand Prize, Golden Islet and Volunteer mines

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Gold Brick District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Porphyry
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Proterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): Adit driven SE for 6550 ft.; intersects many veins, including the Golden Islet and Volunteer. Drifts on the adit level, and an 1,100-ft. raise to the old Volunteer workings extend development to 1100 ft. in height above the adit.

Comment (Geology): Several NE-trending sulfide fissure veins dip to the west, range from inches to several feet in thickness, and can be traced for up to several thousand feet in length.

Comment (Location): Mine is about 18 miles ENE of Gunnison, on the east side of Gold Creek, in the NW/4 sec. 12, T 50 N. R 3 E.

Comment (Production): $415,000

References

Reference (Deposit): RUGG, 1956, COLO. SCH. MINES DSC. THESIS, P. 26

Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, 1947, COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANN. REPORT 1959

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reference (Deposit): Crawford, R. D., and Worcester, P. G., 1916, Geology and ore deposits of the Gold Brick district, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 116 p.

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