Lilly Belle Mine

The Lilly Belle Mine is a tungsten mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,291 feet.

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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

Name: Lilly Belle Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Gunnison

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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