The Goldora Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,320 Feet (2,536 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.63278, -105.47028
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Goldora Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldora Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Goldora 1-4
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Stove Prairie Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: A. C. Dittmore And Associates
Home Office: Bellvue
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poverty Flats Synform
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): CDM INF. REPT. GIVES LOCATION AS 15 MILES WEST OF BELLVUE. EXACT L OCATION HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 28, 15 MILES WEST OF BELLVUE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND TWO PROSPECT TUNNELS 60 AND 75 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323
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