The Lilly Belle Mine is a tungsten mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,291 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,291 Feet (2,527 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.39, -107.13556
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Lilly Belle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lilly Belle Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Old Faithful
Secondary: Annabella Nos. 1-2
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Wolf Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lilly Belle Mining And Milling Co.
Home Office: Gunnison, Co.
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Thorite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LIES ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY GULCH OF WOLF CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Production): THIS WAS ONLY REPORTED PRODUCTION FOR MINE AND MILL.
Comment (Development): MINE WAS BEING DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1950S. CMA 1953 YEARBOOK CITES LILLY BELLE MINING CO. WORKING ON SURFACE PLANT CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING TO SINK THE INCLINED SHAFT. MILL RAN ABOUT 0.5 ST OF ORE BEFORE CLOSING.
Comment (Deposit): MINE DEVELOPED AT CONTACT BETWEEN BLACK CANYON SCHIST/GNEISS AND LATE PRECAMBRIAN COMPOSITE SYENITE INTRUSION. GRANITE DIKES CUT SCHIST/GNEISS JUST BEYOND AND SUBPARALLEL TO SYENITE CONTACT. FOLIATION IN SCHIST/GNEISS TRENDS GENERALLY N 80 TO 85 W, 20 TO 30 SW. BELSER (1956) DESCRIBES DEPOSIT AS LARGE TALC(?) STREAK CUTTING GNEISS, CARRYING SHCEELITE, AND POSSIBLY RELATED TO FAIRLY STRONG NW-TRENDING FAULT. SCHEELITE CRYSTALS UP TO 4.5 LB IN WEIGHT WERE FOUND ON SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECTS; 120-FT-DEEP SHAFT INCLINED AT 35 DEG WITH 270 FT OF GRIDLIKE DRIFT OR CROSSCUTS ON ONE LEVEL AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT; SMALL MILL ON SURFACE AT MINE ENTRANCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1943, SCHEELITE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 33, NO. 6, P. 313-314.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1977, AGE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LOWER PALEOZOIC ALKALIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, CARBONATITES, AND THORIUM VEINS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 5, NO. 6, P. 673-687.
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 13-14.
Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 5, P. 7.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1953 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 69.
Reference (Production): BELSER, 1956, P. 14
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PALN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.
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