Gold Links Mine

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

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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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