Treasure Hill Mine

The Treasure Hill Mine is a nickel mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,928 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: 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

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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

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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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