The Wirepatch prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Summit county, Colorado.
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Wirepatch prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wirepatch prospect
Secondary: Brewery Hill prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Breckenridge District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: intrusion breccia
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: pervasive phyllic
Rocks
Name: Black Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Porphyry
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Au: 0.03 - 2.0 oz/ton over 5-ft drill intercepts with 0.01 oz/ton cutoff grade Ag: 1 to 4 oz/ton
Comment (Geology): Small discontinuous bodies of oxidized and primary mineralization in stockwork zones in porphyry associated with intrusion breccias.
Comment (Location): The prospect is centered near the saddle between Farncomb and Humbug Hills, and on Brewery Hill 1 mile to the north, all about 4 miles east of Breckenridge, mostly in secs. 26 and 35, T 6 S, R 77 W.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Drilled by FMC Gold Corp. in the mid-1980s. Numerous mineralized intercepts reported. Sunshine examined this property in 1988 as a submittal from FMC Gold Corp. Determined to have potential for several small orebodies. Two possibly economic orebodies were identified by FMC drilling, the "WP-9 Zone" and the "Elephant Zone". Estimated combined potential of 100,000 to 200,000 oz of gold. However, property not acquired by Sunshine due to high "political and environmental risks", being close to a resort area.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Overall average drill-defined widths in stockworks zone of 17.3 ft grading 0.28 oz/ton Au. Mineralization is interpreted to be "spotty" however.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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