Ibex-Sunday area

The Ibex-Sunday area is located in Lake 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

Name: Ibex-Sunday area  

State:  Colorado

County:  Lake

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.23333, -106.22611

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Satelite image of the Ibex-Sunday area

Ibex-Sunday area MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ibex-Sunday area
Secondary: Black Cloud Mine


Commodity

Not available


Location

State: Colorado
County: Lake
District: Leadville District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Ibex-Sunday graben


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: silicification


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): Orebodies of the Black Cloud mine were later found and mined in this area. (Hazlitt and Thompson)

Comment (Geology): An anomalous depression bounded by faults, that includes igneous centers at Breece Hill and Bald Mtn., Paleozoic section intruded by several porphyry bodies, and the Garbutt, Sunday, and Whiteside veins, (Sunshine files, 1948)

Comment (Geology): Graben is bound on all sides by normal faults, including: Modoc-Garbutt-Weston (on the N and W), Ball Mountain (on the E), and Iowa Gulch (on the S).

Comment (Location): An irregular area about 1 square mile, about 3 miles ESE of Leadville, bounded on the south by Iowa Gulch, by Ball Mountain on the east, Breece and Printer Boy Hill on the west, and South Evans Gulch on the north, mostly in sec 28, T 9 S, R 79 W.


References

Reference (Deposit): Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slopeof the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p.

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): Hazlitt, J. S., and Thompson, T. B., 1990, Breccia bodies in the Leadville district, with emphasis on occurrences in the Black Cloud mine, Lake county, Colorado: Economic Geology Monograph 7, p. 180-192.

Reference (Deposit): Emmons, S. F., Irving, J. D., and Loughlin, G. F., 1927, Geology and ore deposits of the Leadville mining district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 148.


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