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Emancipation

Past 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190463
MRDS ID DC05036
MAS/MILS ID 0080130276
Record type Site
Current site name Emancipation
Related records 10018192

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.36789, 40.05379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Telluride Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.36789, 40.05379
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1885
    Period 1879-1885
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 69g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 69g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF. VANDERWILT "MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO." P 320

  • Deposit

    REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3

  • Deposit

    OWNR:NORM FRANK CONSTRUCTION (1975)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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