| Deposit ID | 10094652 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010533 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Treasure Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Unpatented Claims: Treasure Hill 1-6 |
| Related records | 10239213 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.2192, 40.75498 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1807 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | 14.1 MILES N32W FROM FORT COLLINS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Larimer(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Livermore(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Larimer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 009N | 070W | 10,15 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Sherman Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Sherman Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses |
| Rock description | Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses |
| (1) | -105.2192, 40.75498 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Livermore Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010533 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080690126 |
TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOUR CES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STAT E MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 476.
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 64-65.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE, BUT ACCORDING TO LOVERING AND GODDARD ( 1950, P. 64-65), "THE HYPOTHERNAL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ARE PERHAPS THE MOST WIDESPREAD OF THE PRE-CAMBRIAN ORE DEPOSITS BUT ARE NEARLY EVERY WHERE NONCOMMERCIAL. THE ORES COMMONLY OCCUR NEAR THE EDGE OF LARGE GR ANITE MASSES IN ACTINOLITE SCHIST OR OTHER LIMY BEDS OF THE IDAHO SPRI NGS FORMATION...IN SOME PLACES NICKEL AND COBALT MINERALS ARE ASSOCIAT ED WITH THE PYRRHOTITE AND CHALCOPYRITE..." |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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