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Gold Coin 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013999
MRDS ID D010592
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Gold Coin, Camp Bird, Companion Lode, Am Erican Eagle, Dolly Gere, Juniper, Gaskosaga, Aspen
Related records 10101858

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.59977, 40.7322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2582
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 31.5 MILES N70W 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

Rustic(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 009N 073W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CDM INF. REPT GIVES LOCATION AS 12 MILES SW OF LOG CABIN, BUT MINE DESCRIPTION IS CLOSER TO MANHATTAN DISTRICT THAN MAYESVILLE DISTRICT. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MANHATTAN SITE (SEC. 20). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN IN CAMP BIRD SHAFT ASSAYED $8.40 TO $31.15/TON (0.24 TO 0.89 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU) AND AVERAGED $13/TON (0.37 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU) FOR ENTIRE VEIN. 75 LEVEL IN GOLD COIN SHAFT ASSAYED UP TO $18.10 /TON (0.52 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU)
Result 125 LEVEL ASSAYED UP TO $14.70/TON (0.42 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Sherman Granite;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.59977, 40.7322
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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 Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold Coin Syndicate
    Home office Fort Collins, Co.
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD COIN SHAFT VERTICAL IN UPPER 27 FT, THENCE INCLINED SE AT AP PROX 35 DEG FOR APPROX 140 FT. 75 LEVEL IS 140- TO 150-FT SE DRIFT AND 27-FT NW DRIFT. 125 LEVEL IS 120- TO 130-FT SE DRIFT. CAMP BIRD SHAFT VERTICAL IN UPPER 21 FT, THENCE INCLINED SE AT APPROX 30 DEG FOR 40 T O 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286.

  • Deposit

    MARKS, J.H., 1935, REPORT ON MINING PROPERTY OF C.M. GERE, ET. AL., THE GOLD COIN MNG. SYNDICATE, MANHATTAN MNG. DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY : COLORADO ST. PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 2 P., 3 MAPS.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARRANGEMENT OF CLAIMS INDICATES NW TO WNW-TRENDING VEIN.

Reporter information

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

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