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Slide Mine

Past 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263012
MRDS ID DC04060
MAS/MILS ID 0080130730
Record type Site
Current site name Slide Mine
Related records 10108285

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.40109, 40.06879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536

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

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.40109, 40.06879
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 405362 405369 AND OTHERS. OWN/ SLIDE MINES I

  • Deposit

    REF "MINERALS RESOURCES OF COLO" BY VANDERWILT P 320.

  • Deposit

    REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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