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Baxter, Boston, Columbia, Madelaine, Niwot, Sullivan #5, Utica

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018126
MRDS ID DC04866
Record type Deposit
Current site name Baxter, Boston, Columbia, Madelaine, Niwot, Sullivan #5, Utica

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.51395, 40.07937 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ward(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)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 73W 01,12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.51395, 40.07937
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN GNEISSOID GRANITE WITH OCCASIONAL LENSES OF SCHIST, ALSO ALONG CONTACT OF WHITE FELSITE PORPHYRY DIKES WITH GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ward

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 209

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1921, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 21, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO. CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    3A) USGS TOPO MAP, WARD-SUNSET MINING AREA, (ADVANCE SHEET, 1:24000) 1937

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON COLUMBIA VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 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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