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Gold Hill District

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Tellurium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017702
MRDS ID DC04057
Record type District
Current site name Gold Hill District
Alternate or previous names Rowena, Sunshine, Salina
Related records 10238578

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.38359, 40.05399 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Location is approx. centroid of the "district"

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 72W;71W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Secondary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.38359, 40.05399
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE FOUND IN FISSURE VEINS ASSOC. WITH A GRANITE BATHOLITHIC INTRUSIVE. THREE TYPES OF VEINS: GOLD TELLURIDE, PYRITIC GOLD, AND SILVER LEAD. SOME SPHALERITE AND GALENA ASSOC. WITH PYRITIC GOLD ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1859

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1963, COLO SCH MINES MIN. IND BULL, V. 6, NO.

  • Deposit

    Burbank, 1947, Part 2--Summaries of mining districts and mineral deposits, in Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 319-324, pl. 15. [Commonly referred to as "Vanderwilt, 1947"]

  • Deposit

    Vanderwilt, 1947, Part 1--Metals, Nonmetals, and Fuels, in Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 35-37.

  • Deposit

    Dunn, L.G., 2003, Colorado Mining Districts--A Reference: Golden, Colo., Colorado School of Mines Library, 364 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General District contains Horsfal Mine (Fifty Nine Mine), Logan Mine (Great Logan Mine), Red Cloud Mine, Victoria Mine, Black Cloud Mine, Yellow Pine Mine, Slide and Cold Spring Mines, Copper King Deposit, Town of Rowena (Rockville). Wall Street = Delphi, includes Nacy Mines (includes Last Chance, Golden Eagle, etc.)
Deposit DEPTH OF MINING DETERMINED BY WATER AND OTHER OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 23-SEP-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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