Goose Creek District

The Goose Creek District is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Gunnison 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

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Site Name

Primary: Goose Creek District

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT

Land Status

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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: STRATABOUND, MASSIVE SULFIDE; VEIN; DISSEMINATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATE; PLACER
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: R
Description: GUNNISON UPLIFT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD

Type: L
Description: GUNISON GOLD BELT, IRON HILL ALKALIC COMPLEX, TOLVAR PEAK STOCK, CIMARRON FAULT

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SERICITIZATION
Alteration Text: FE OXIDATION; CHLORITIZATION, SERICITIZATION, AND CALCITIZATION OF METAVOLCANICS AND METASEDIMENTS; ALKALI METASOMATISM OR REPLACEMENT OF WALLROCKS BY ORTHOCLASE IN TH VEINS

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GINNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRAIN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.

Reference (Deposit): DROBEC, P.A., 1981, PROTEROZOIC SYNGENETIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., ED., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 279-286.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C. AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GINNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.

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