Gold Coin Mine

The Gold Coin Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,471 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Coin Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Gold Coin
Secondary: Camp Bird
Secondary: Companion Lode
Secondary: Am Erican Eagle
Secondary: Dolly Gere
Secondary: Juniper
Secondary: Gaskosaga
Secondary: Aspen

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Manhattan District

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: Gold Coin Syndicate
Home Office: Fort Collins, Co.
Years: 1935 -

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: Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 125 LEVEL ASSAYED UP TO $14.70/TON (0.42 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU).
Analytical Data: VEIN IN CAMP BIRD SHAFT ASSAYED $8.40 TO $31.15/TON (0.24 TO 0.89 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU) AND AVERAGED $13/TON (0.37 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU) FOR ENTIRE VEIN. 75 LEVEL IN GOLD COIN SHAFT ASSAYED UP TO $18.10 /TON (0.52 OZ/TON AU AT $35/OZ AU)

Materials

Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): CDM INF. REPT GIVES LOCATION AS 12 MILES SW OF LOG CABIN, BUT MINE DESCRIPTION IS CLOSER TO MANHATTAN DISTRICT THAN MAYESVILLE DISTRICT. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MANHATTAN SITE (SEC. 20). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Comment (Deposit): ARRANGEMENT OF CLAIMS INDICATES NW TO WNW-TRENDING VEIN.

Comment (Workings): GOLD COIN SHAFT VERTICAL IN UPPER 27 FT, THENCE INCLINED SE AT AP PROX 35 DEG FOR APPROX 140 FT. 75 LEVEL IS 140- TO 150-FT SE DRIFT AND 27-FT NW DRIFT. 125 LEVEL IS 120- TO 130-FT SE DRIFT. CAMP BIRD SHAFT VERTICAL IN UPPER 21 FT, THENCE INCLINED SE AT APPROX 30 DEG FOR 40 T O 50 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

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. 285-286.

Reference (Deposit): MARKS, J.H., 1935, REPORT ON MINING PROPERTY OF C.M. GERE, ET. AL., THE GOLD COIN MNG. SYNDICATE, MANHATTAN MNG. DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY : COLORADO ST. PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 2 P., 3 MAPS.

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