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Wood Mountain Group

Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238315
MAS/MILS ID 0080130867
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Wood Mtn. Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.39999, 40.03859 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Telluride Ore
Gold 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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.39999, 40.03859
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1928-1930
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF. VANDERWILT "MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO." P 320 MINE MAP

  • Deposit

    # 40756; CSM DOC. 108 REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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