The Gold Links Mine is a gold mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado.
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Gold Links Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Links Mine
Secondary: Gold Link
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
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: Underground
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: Schist
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
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): About $600,000, mostly in gold, or up to 30,000 oz., was produced from 1908 to 1912.
Comment (Development): Adit driven SE for 3900 ft.; intersects 6 veins, including the Gold Links, crosscut at 2150 ft. from the portal. Drifts on the Gold Links extend 1500 ft. to the NE and 500 ft. to the SW, and stopes on the vein extend about 360 ft. vertically.
Comment (Geology): A NE-trending sulfide vein runs parallel to schistosity of the host rocks and dips steeply to the west; in general it is from a few inches to 8 ft. in width. This may be the same vein exposed in the Sacremento mine up the hillside and to the east.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1988 report outlines history, geology, exploration, and ore reserve potential. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Location): Mine is about 20 miles ENE of Gunnison, on the east side of Gold Creek, in the S/2 sec. 36, T 51 N. R 3-1/2 E.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1960, P. 327
Reference (Deposit): RUGG, 1956, COLO. SCH. MINES MSC. THESIS, P. 26
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.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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