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Goldsmith Maid

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017624
MRDS ID DC03926
Record type Site
Current site name Goldsmith Maid
Related records 10262883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39589, 40.05579 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 72W 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Torbernite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39589, 40.05579
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ASSOC. MINERALS: PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, QTZ., GOLD TELLURIDE. THE URANIUM MINERALS ARE SUBORDINATE TO BASE-METAL SULFIDE MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL 1159.

  • Deposit

    USGS GOLD HILL MINING AREA, 1938, ADVANCE SHEET.

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PL. 23

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files 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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