Bulletin of the United States Geological SurveyThe Survey., 1904 |
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A. J. Collier Ajax Alaska amount andesites attained basalt Battle Mountain breccia Bull Cliff Bull Hill calaverite Colorado Cripple Creek district deep dividends drainage eastern Economic geology El Paso Elkton enrichment erupted extends F. C. Schrader F. L. Ransome feet in depth feldspar fissures fluorite G. I. Adams geological reconnaissance Geological Survey geologists in charge Geology and water gneiss Gold Coin Gold Hill Golden Cycle granite I. C. Russell less Lillie lodes microcline miles mining district N. H. Darton occur oxidation Paso tunnel phonolite dikes Pikes Peak Portland Preliminary report probably production prospects pyrite quadrangle quartz Raven Hill region rocks S. F. Emmons schist secondary Seward Peninsula shafts sheeted zones southeastern southwest Stratton's Independence surface sylvanite tellurides tellurium tetrahedrite tion trachytic phonolite Underground water UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL usually vein system Victor volcanic area volcanic center W. C. Mendenhall Waldemar Lindgren water resources western
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Seite 18 - The veins can not be directly connected with others already described, though, in its general trend, the system heads toward the Dexter, Blue Bird, and Moose veins. Beginning on the southwestern side, we first come to the Gold Coin mine, the veins of which are in granite; one of them is successfully worked at present at a depth of 1,200 feet. The total production approaches $6,000,000; the dividends paid exceed $1,000,000. North LINIM1REN AND RANSOM E.
Seite 12 - The breccia is much indurated and altered, but was thought by Cross to consist mainly of andesitic fragments, although it was recognized that fragments of phonolite are locally abundant. The most characteristic massive rock of the Cripple Creek volcano is phonolite, which was erupted at several periods and more abundantly than any other type. It occurs as dikes and masses, not only in the breccia but in the surrounding granitic rocks. The general succession of igneous rocks, according to Cross, is...
Seite 16 - Company) has a gross production of $650,000 to its credit, but is reported to have paid only a small amount in dividends. None of these mines is being worked at present, except on a small scale by lessees. " On the western slope is the Midget mine, actively worked at present, with a depth of 800 feet, a total production of $662,000, and dividends of $195,000. The Conundrum, in the same vicinity, is likewise worked with good results to a depth of 600 feet. The Midget, like the mines described above,...
Seite 15 - UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT. At the time of the earlier survey the deepest shafts, those of the Moose, Pharmacist, and Anna Lee mines, were down only about 400 feet, while few of the other mines were over 200 feet in depth. Many subsequently prominent mines were then mere prospects or had not been located. The deepest shaft at present is the Lillie, which is over 1,500 feet deep, although the Stratton's Independence shaft, 1,400 feet deep, has the lowest sump in the district. The American Eagle shaft...
Seite 18 - Kill but rich cross veins of the Empire State, Burns, Pharmacist, and Zenobia connect this vein system with that of the Stratton mines on Bull Hill. South of the Burns begins the great Vindicator vein system, traced southeasterly for a mile through the Findley, Hull City, Vindicator, Lillie, and Golden Cycle mines. The Hull City and the Lillie have each produced over $1,000,000, the Vindicator and Golden Cycle over $2,000,000 each, all with corresponding dividend records.
Seite 25 - ... bodies formed by the mineralization of basic dikes are in some ways closely related to the sheeted zones already described. Like the phonolite dikes, the "basalt" exhibits a pronounced tendency to split into thin sheets parallel with the dike walls. Normally, the minute fissures so formed are filled with veinlets of calcite and contain no ore. When, however, a zone of fissuring coincides with the dike the latter may be traversed by veinlets of quartz and fluorite carrying sylvanite or calaverite,...
Seite 21 - Pen rose described the district. They contain the characteristic dull gold, often in pseudomorphous skeletons, resulting from the oxidation of the tellurides, associated with tellurite (tellurium dioxide), emmonsite or durdenite (both hydrated ferric tellurites), and probably other oxidized compounds of tellurium and iron. These minerals occur in association with kaolin, alunite, and ferruginous clays. The deep workings of the present day show that kaolin is always connected with oxidation, and is...
Seite 25 - ... while the body of the dike may be impregnated with pyrite. Such ore differs from that of the usual sheeted zones in breccia or phonolite in that the tellurides are not so clearly confined to the actual fissures, but appear to some extent to permeate the rock with the pyrite. The richest portion of the ore, however, undoubtedly occurs in the small veinlets in the dike, and usually near one or both walls, where the fissuring is best developed. "Depth of Oxidized Zone. — At a few points, as in...
Seite 27 - Drawing the lines a little closer, it may lie said that in proportion to the amount of exploration the upper 700 or 800 feet have yielded more than the interval from that limit to the lowest levels reached — about 1,500 feet. It must not be overlooked, however, that four or five mines still have good ore bodies at a depth of 1,200 to 1,400 feet from the surface. The developments of the next year or two will probably give a safer basis for generalization. Roughly speaking, the above-mentioned distribution...