Gold Spring Group

Unknown in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215559
MAS/MILS ID 0080470052
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Spring Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.7164, 39.90189 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002 N 074 W 06 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.7164, 39.90189

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N69W
    Dip 75N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N69W:75N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner C. Toll, D. Tucker And A. Ramsey
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/C. TOLL, D TUCKER, A RAMSEY REF:MAS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1831, DATED 1956. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 4 RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN VEINS IN QUARTZ-BIOTITE SCHIST. A SK MAP OF THE GEOLOGY IS INCLUDED. THE AREA IS COVERED BY THE 7 MINUTE MAP, EAST PORTAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.