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Gold Hill

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008358
MRDS ID D000436
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Alternate or previous names Mammoth, Bonton, Ida May, Hubnerite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48394, 38.68333 (WGS84)
Relative position WESTERN FLANK OF SAWATCH RANGE, 10 MILES NORTH OF PITKEN 5 MILES SOUTH OF TINCUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 004E 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result HUBNERITE MINE ASSAYED 2.52% WO3 IN 1943

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.48394, 38.68333
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek Dist.

Comments on the production information

  • BONTON ALSO PRODUCED A FEW TONS OF MOS2 AT 1 TO 3% MOS2; ITEMS 9-10: BONTON MINE, ALSO PB = 2500 LBS, AU = 0.13 OZ, IN 1913-1922; ITEM 8: MOLYBDENITE MINE, 1943, SAMPLE FROM VEIN ASSAYED 0.81% MOS2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M. & ROBINSON, C., 1957, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GARFIELD QUAD; COLO.: USGS PROF. PAPER 289

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL AMA

  • Production

    DING & ROBINSON, 1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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