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Balfour Mines

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107933
MRDS ID D004843
Record type Site
Current site name Balfour Mines
Related records 10240084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69281, 38.92167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guffey NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 13S 74W 17 SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 MILES EAST OF ABANDONED TOWN OF BALFOUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Biotite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Member, Thirtynine Mile Andesite
    Rock description Lower Member, Thirtynine Mile Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69281, 38.92167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone, Nw-Trending Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SHEAR ZONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elevenmile Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Balfour Mines

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MAS OCT 1976 FILE

  • Deposit

    EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GUFFEY QUADRANGLE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1180, 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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