The Treasure Hill Mine is a nickel mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,928 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: 5,928 Feet (1,807 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 40.755, -105.21861
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Treasure Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Treasure Hill Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Treasure Hill 1-6
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Livermore Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Site
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
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1410.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): EAST OF NORTH FORK CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF LIVERM ORE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON QUARTER CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE, BUT ACCORDING TO LOVERING AND GODDARD ( 1950, P. 64-65), "THE HYPOTHERNAL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ARE PERHAPS THE MOST WIDESPREAD OF THE PRE-CAMBRIAN ORE DEPOSITS BUT ARE NEARLY EVERY WHERE NONCOMMERCIAL. THE ORES COMMONLY OCCUR NEAR THE EDGE OF LARGE GR ANITE MASSES IN ACTINOLITE SCHIST OR OTHER LIMY BEDS OF THE IDAHO SPRI NGS FORMATION...IN SOME PLACES NICKEL AND COBALT MINERALS ARE ASSOCIAT ED WITH THE PYRRHOTITE AND CHALCOPYRITE..."
References
Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOUR CES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STAT E MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 476.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 64-65.
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