The Telluride District is a copper, gold, zinc, lead, and silver mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.9169, -107.80000
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Telluride District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telluride District
Secondary: Upper San Miguel District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: UPPER SAN MIGUEL DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: HYDROTHERMAL VEIN
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: PARADOX BASIN OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (INTRACRATONIC BASIN) TRENDING NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST ELONGATE STRUCTURE.
Type: L
Description: NORTHWEST-TRENDING SWARM OF DIKES, FISSURES, AND VEINS RADIATING FROM THE SILVERTON CALDERA FORMING A BELT OF FRACTURE ZONES, RING FAULTS AND DIKES, CONE SHEETS, AND RADIAL DIKE SWARMS.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: PROPYLITIC
Alteration Text: VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE PROPYLITICALLY ALTERED; EPIDOTE, CALCITE, CHLORITE, PYRITE SERTICITIC, ARGILLIC, CALC-SILICATE ALTERATION NEAR VEINS; QUARTZ-PYRITE-SERICITE, KAOLINITE, EPIDOTE-RICH CALC-SILICATE SKARNS
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.
Reference (Deposit): FISHER, F.S., 1990, GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE SNEFFELS-TELLURIDE AND CAMP BIRD MINING DISTRICTS, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN SHAWE, D.R., ASHLEY, R.P., AND CARTER, L.M.H., EDS., GOLD-BEARING POLYMETALLIC VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS PART II: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1857-F, P. F12,F18.
Reference (Deposit): FRIEDMAN, JULES D., AND HELER, JOAN S., TECTONIC TRENDS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARADOX BASIN, SOUTHEASTER UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, AS DERIVED FROM LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOOGIC MAPPING: US. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 200-C,D, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): BARTOS, PAUL J., 1993, COMPARISON OF GOLD-RICH AND GOLD-POOR QUARTZ-BASE METAL VEINS: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, 7 P.
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