Lubricator Mine

The Lubricator Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,219 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lubricator Mine
Secondary: Lubricator

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift

Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Razor Creek Dome; Los Ochos Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): ON NE-TRENDING RIDGE 700 FT WEST OF COCHETOPA CREEK AND 0.4 MILE WSW OF MAPLE LEAF MINE, AT SILLSVILLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AT MAPLE LEAF MINE TREND EAST-WEST AND DIP STEEPLY TO SOUTH. VEIN CLOSEST TO LUBRICATOR MINE TRENDS N70W, 85 SW, WHICH IS SUBPARALLEL TO FAULT THAT LIES 700 FT TO NE AND THAT MAY HAVE CONTROLLED VEIN EMPLACEMENT

References

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2197

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