The Home District is a gold and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.69639, -105.69028
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Home District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Home District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Home District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Poudre River Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: USGS/USBM SAMPLE FROM PROSPECT CONTAINED TRACE AU, AG, ZN, AND 0.011 %
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROBABLY SHORT ADITS AND SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): ONE INDIVIDUAL RECORD PREPARED FOR UNNAMED PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE BUT LOVERING AND GODDARD BELIEVED MINERALIZATION TO BE PYRITIC CU TYPE WITH INTENSE WALLROCK ALTERATION.
Comment (Location): DISTRICT LIES ALONG CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AND LOCAL UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES NEAR HOME (SITE) AND IS ACCESSIBLE BY HIGHWAY 14 UP POUDRE CANYON. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR HOME SITE IN S2 S2 SEC. 33, T9N, R74W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Development): AREA HAS BEEN EXPLORED BUT APPARENTLY NO COMMERCIAL BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS WERE DISCOVERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE-BIG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578, P. 26-27.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 286-287.
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