Jay Gould Mine

The Jay Gould Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,009 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jay Gould Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Silver Cliff

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1882
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

Model Name: Epithermal veins

Orebody

Form: BRECCIA PIPE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley

Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe, Small Faults, Volcanic Vent

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weak Argillization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE BETWEEN UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES OF GRAPE CR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870-1895

References

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH, ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.

Reference (Deposit): FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.

Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.

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