Gold Hill District

The Gold Hill District is a silver, zinc, gold, and lead mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Hill District
Secondary: Rowena
Secondary: Sunshine
Secondary: Salina

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Tellurium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Boulder

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1859
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (General): District contains Horsfal Mine (Fifty Nine Mine), Logan Mine (Great Logan Mine), Red Cloud Mine, Victoria Mine, Black Cloud Mine, Yellow Pine Mine, Slide and Cold Spring Mines, Copper King Deposit, Town of Rowena (Rockville). Wall Street = Delphi, includes Nacy Mines (includes Last Chance, Golden Eagle, etc.)

Comment (Deposit): DEPTH OF MINING DETERMINED BY WATER AND OTHER OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE FOUND IN FISSURE VEINS ASSOC. WITH A GRANITE BATHOLITHIC INTRUSIVE. THREE TYPES OF VEINS: GOLD TELLURIDE, PYRITIC GOLD, AND SILVER LEAD. SOME SPHALERITE AND GALENA ASSOC. WITH PYRITIC GOLD ORE

References

Reference (Deposit): Dunn, L.G., 2003, Colorado Mining Districts--A Reference: Golden, Colo., Colorado School of Mines Library, 364 p.

Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, 1963, COLO SCH MINES MIN. IND BULL, V. 6, NO.

Reference (Deposit): Burbank, 1947, Part 2--Summaries of mining districts and mineral deposits, in Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 319-324, pl. 15. [Commonly referred to as "Vanderwilt, 1947"]

Reference (Deposit): Vanderwilt, 1947, Part 1--Metals, Nonmetals, and Fuels, in Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 35-37.

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