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Goldora Mine

Occurrence in Larimer 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013957
MRDS ID D010531
Record type Site
Current site name Goldora Mine
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Goldora 1-4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47088, 40.63276 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 21 MILES N81W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008N 072W 28 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CDM INF. REPT. GIVES LOCATION AS 15 MILES WEST OF BELLVUE. EXACT L OCATION HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 28, 15 MILES WEST OF BELLVUE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartzofeldspathic Semischist;Calc-Silicate Gneiss
    Rock description Quartzofeldspathic Semischist;Calc-Silicate Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47088, 40.63276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poverty Flats Synform

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stove Prairie Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner A. C. Dittmore And Associates
    Home office Bellvue
    First year 1934

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND TWO PROSPECT TUNNELS 60 AND 75 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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