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Ingram Mine

Producer in Boulder 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10108378
MRDS ID DC05178
Record type Site
Current site name Ingram Mine
Related records 10190211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.37979, 40.05609 (WGS84)
Relative position NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4. E SIDE OF INGRAM GULCH, ABOUT 1/2 MI NW OF SALINA

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 71W 18 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.37979, 40.05609
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Junction Of Vein With Earlier Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD TELLURIDES CHIEF ORE MINERALS BUT GALENA, GRAY COPPER, AND SPHALERITE LOCALLY FORM LEAD - SILVER ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ITEMS 8 & 9: OCT. 1936 TO NOV. 1937

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the production information

  • $400,000 FROM 1936-1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PL 26, PG 249-251.

  • Deposit

    HORNBACK, 1956, CU MS THESIS, PG 28-33

  • 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
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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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