Globe Hill

Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167383
MAS/MILS ID 0081190006
Record type Site
Current site name Globe Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.14587, 38.75 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 S 069 W 18 NWSE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.14587, 38.75

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 800411

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mines Inc.
    ID 502157
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stratton C. C. M. And D. Co.
    ID 502157
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Neport Minerals, Inc.
    ID 502157
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OTHER TIMBERED STOPES
    Swell Factor .31
    Percent Waste Rock 12.9
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Capacity 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 406935 400229 & OTHERS

  • Deposit

    OWN: STRATTON ESTATE 1924

  • Deposit

    OPER: GOLD RESOURCES JOINT VENTURE

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS USING MSHA DATA 4-80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/27/1988
MSHA mine ID0502157
Mine name (MSHA)Globe Hill Mine
Current operatorDayspring Mining Corp
Current controller (parent)Temple Paul N
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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