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Orphan Boy

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017462
MRDS ID DC03577
Record type Site
Current site name Orphan Boy
Related records 10190579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.43753, 40.03193 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 SE 1/4

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 22 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.43753, 40.03193
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGH GRADE FREE GOLD IN OXIDE ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sunset

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PL. 3 (N), PG 212.

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO MAP, 1937, WARD-SUNSET MINING AREA, 1:24000, ADVANCE SHEET

  • 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 18-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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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