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Lora claims

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311036
Record type Site
Current site name Lora claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52003, 40.04748 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ward(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)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Comments on the location information

  • Large block of claims in secs. 11-14, 23-24, T1N, R73W. Location at center of drill and test area about 2 miles SW of Ward.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Assays range from nil to 2 oz/t in Au, nil to 16 oz/t in Ag, 15% Pb, and 8% Zn.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52003, 40.04748
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Area is underlain by rocks of the Precambrian Idaho Springs Formation, intruded by Tertiary stocks and dikes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Ward District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Unpublished report dated 1968(?) in Sunshine Mining Co. file #8 at Colorado Geological Survey shows anomalous gold, silver, lead and zinc values in selected mineralized samples.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-2005 Beach, Richard A. Colorado 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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