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Slide Mine

Producer 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108285
MRDS ID DC04060
Record type Site
Current site name Slide Mine
Related records 10263012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40109, 40.06879 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 72W 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Telluride 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
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40109, 40.06879
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TELLURIDE AND PYRITIC GOLD ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the production information

  • $1,000,000 PRIOR TO 1933, $1,650,000 SINCE 1933

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GOLD HILL MINING AREA TOPO MAP, 1938, ADVANCE SHEET, 1:12000

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PL. 23

  • 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

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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