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Depression Mine

Past Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101856
MRDS ID D010532
Record type Site
Current site name Depression Mine
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Depression, Prosperity, Elsiefind, Peaco Ck, Lone Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38253, 40.63137 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 16.5 MILES N79W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008N 071W 30 E2 OF E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CDM INF. REPT. GIVES LOCATION AS 10 MILES WEST OF BELLVUE. EXACT L OCATION UNCERTAIN BUT COULD POSSIBLY BE EXCAVATION DETERMINED FROM AIR PHOTO EXAMINATION SITUATED IN SEC. 30. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Andesite
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Knotted Mica Schist
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Knotted Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38253, 40.63137
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Clark Synform

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Stove Prairie Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cache La Poudre Mining Co.
    Home office Fort Collins, Co.
    First year 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • 180-FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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