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Cripple Creek Gold Hill Tunnel

Past Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288855
MAS/MILS ID 0081190136
Record type Site
Current site name Cripple Creek Gold Hill Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.65842, 38.7406 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Fossil Ridge Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Comments on the location information

  • COULD NOT LOCATE MINE ON USGS 7.5 MIN CRIPPLE CREEK SO TOPO SHEET, 1951, REVISED 1975: NO MINES WERE LOCATED IN SEC 24. GOLD HILL IS LOCATED IN SEC 19; ALSO MILS LONGITUDE IS INCORRECT A LONGITUDE CAN NOT HAVE MINUTES OF "99" THEY MUST 60 OR LOWER AND CAN NOT BE NEGATIVE. ACTUAL LANGITUDE IS UNKNOWN:

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.65842, 38.7406
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 400530,403810 & OTHERS

  • Deposit

    OWN: ETHEL LOUISE G.M. CO. 1924

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. 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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