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Dolly Varden

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017459
MRDS ID DC03573
Record type Site
Current site name Dolly Varden
Related records 10287570

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47976, 40.02999 (WGS84)
Relative position S. CENTRAL SEC. 20

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)

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 Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 72W 20 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47976, 40.02999
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OF WHITE GLASSY QUARTZ. CONSIDERABLE CHALCOPYRITE, WHICH CONTAINS THE GOLD, AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE AND HEMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sunset

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL $40,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 213, PL. 3 (N)

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1921, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 21, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-MAY-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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