Red Cloud, Chicago, Colorado

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091254
MRDS ID DC02954
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud, Chicago, Colorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50031, 40.08109 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ward(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 72W 06 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50031, 40.08109

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ward

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    USGS GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD, 1957, 7 1/2 MIN

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR SECTION. 8 SHAFTS AND ADITS IN SECTION

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.