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Interocean

Occurrence in Boulder 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018182
MRDS ID DC05024
Record type Site
Current site name Interocean
Related records 10117689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36779, 40.06409 (WGS84)
Relative position NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(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 71W 08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Telluride Ore
Quartz Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36779, 40.06409
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD TELLURIDES AND FREE GOLD ; HR.AGE.MV: BOULDER CREEK GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1876

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1878-1892
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 70978.14g
    Major Gold Gold 70978.14g
  • Year 1931
    Period 1930-31
    Ore mined 150.58mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 17g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 51g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS P.P. 223, PG. 246

  • Deposit

    USGS BOULDER TOPO QUAD MAP, 1957, 7 1/2 MIN

  • 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 10-MAY-2007 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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